Is Ruqyah Sufficient for Treating Mental Illnesses?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Shaykh Salih says: This questioner, Abu Usamah, mentions that some people suffer from mental and physical illnesses. Are the prescribed supplications sufficient for that? Or is it necessary to consult psychiatrists?
Answer:
One combines both: one consults doctors for mental and physical illnesses and seeks treatment, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) while placing reliance on Allah. So, one seeks treatment with permissible medicines and places reliance on Allah, and does not rely on the medicines alone, but rather, while using the medicines, one places reliance on Allah the Exalted. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Shaykh Salih says: This questioner, Abu Usamah, mentions that some people suffer from mental and physical illnesses. Are the prescribed supplications sufficient for that? Or is it necessary to consult psychiatrists?
Answer:
One combines both: one consults doctors for mental and physical illnesses and seeks treatment, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Seek treatment, O servants of Allah, but do not seek treatment with what is forbidden. The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “Allah did not send down a disease except that He sent down for it a cure; the one who knows it knows it, and the one who does not know it does not know it.”
تداووا عباد الله ولا تداووا بحرام. قوله صلى الله عليه وسلم ما أنزل الله داء إلا أنزل له دواء علمه من علمه وجهله من جهله
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3607] هل تكفي الرقية في علاج الأمراض النفسية؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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