Treatment of psychological illnesses other than the Shari'ah ruqyah
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says that psychological illnesses have become widespread among some Muslims in this time. Is there a treatment other than the Shari'ah ruqyah to which one can turn? It seems he is referring to psychological clinics and the treatment therein?
Answer:
Psychological illnesses are of two types. The first is when the cause is waswas (whispers) or the possession of jinn. The waswas that Satan whispers to a person to narrow his chest and occupy him. Or it is due to the possession of jinn and the interaction of jinn with humans. The treatment for these is the remembrance of Allah, seeking refuge from Satan, and the Shari'ah ruqyah, which is available and accessible, praise be to Allah, in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The second type is when this is a matter of psychological illness, and its treatment is with doctors.
Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is the one who Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) sent down the disease and sent down the cure. Whether the cure is through the lawful ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, seeking refuge from Shaytan, or through permissible medicines, it all exists, praise be to Allah. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says that psychological illnesses have become widespread among some Muslims in this time. Is there a treatment other than the Shari'ah ruqyah to which one can turn? It seems he is referring to psychological clinics and the treatment therein?
Answer:
Psychological illnesses are of two types. The first is when the cause is waswas (whispers) or the possession of jinn. The waswas that Satan whispers to a person to narrow his chest and occupy him. Or it is due to the possession of jinn and the interaction of jinn with humans. The treatment for these is the remembrance of Allah, seeking refuge from Satan, and the Shari'ah ruqyah, which is available and accessible, praise be to Allah, in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The second type is when this is a matter of psychological illness, and its treatment is with doctors.
Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is the one who
He did not send down a disease except that He sent down for it a cure; those who know it know it, and those who do not know it do not know it.
أنزل داء إلا أنزل له شفاء علمه من علمه جهله من جهله
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-017-التأصيل العلمي عند السلف الصالح|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:16)
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