Treatment of Worries and Sorrows and Their Causes

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: As for worries and sorrows, they are the disease of our era in our time, and no person is free from experiencing this sorrow and worry. What is the treatment for that? And what are its causes?

Answer:
These are psychological illnesses, and their treatment is through the remembrance of Allah and seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. And increasing the recitation of the morning and evening adhkar, for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, protects His servant if he seeks His protection and takes refuge in Him. So treat it with the remembrance of Allah, increasing the remembrance of Allah and reciting the Qur'an, and maintaining the prescribed adhkar in the morning and evening. This is regarding illusions. Their causes are many; one of the causes may be excessive staying up at night, because people nowadays are afflicted with staying up and not sleeping at night, and this affects their bodies, their heads, and their brains. This is treated by avoiding staying up at night. Also, among the causes is what a person watches on these screens, such as wars, killing, the slain, sorcery, and so on, which confuses his mind. Man is weak and fragile and cannot bear these things, so he should avoid them. And the greatest cause of whispers is heedlessness from the remembrance of Allah, the Exalted. If a person is heedless of the remembrance of Allah, Shaytan dominates him. Therefore, Allah named him al-Waswas al-Khannas (the whisperer who retreats); he whispers when Allah is not remembered and retreats when Allah, the Exalted, is remembered and moves away. Yes.