Treatment for one who wishes for death due to a mental illness
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Question:
He says: Shaykh, this questioner has an older brother who suffers from a mental illness. This illness has persisted with him for a long time, and he always wishes for death. He says: “Because I am truly weak in faith, and my family blames me, and all people blame me. What should he do?”
Answer:
He should be patient and seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan, use the morning and evening adhkar, and recite the Qur’an. He should also use ruqyah (healing by Qur’anic recitation) from one who performs ruqyah with the Qur’an and with the lawful supplications. He should take the means to remove this condition and be patient with what has befallen him, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
He says: Shaykh, this questioner has an older brother who suffers from a mental illness. This illness has persisted with him for a long time, and he always wishes for death. He says: “Because I am truly weak in faith, and my family blames me, and all people blame me. What should he do?”
Answer:
He should be patient and seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan, use the morning and evening adhkar, and recite the Qur’an. He should also use ruqyah (healing by Qur’anic recitation) from one who performs ruqyah with the Qur’an and with the lawful supplications. He should take the means to remove this condition and be patient with what has befallen him, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 03-01-1435هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (59:26)
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