I sometimes feel distress and depression; what is the cause of this and what is the cure?
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The questioner : I sometimes feel distress and depression; what is the cause of this? And what is the cure? May you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : As for the cause, I cannot know it, because the causes of depression and distress are varied. However, there is one thing that benefits a person, which is to say what the Sunnah has brought:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3505Sahih (Darussalam) This is one.
The second is that he should read the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): For this is among the effective and beneficial medicines. The more a person increases in the remembrance of Allah, the more his worries and sorrows are lifted from him, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Ar-Ra'd 13:28] It is also incumbent upon a person to increase in the fixed supplications narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) in the morning and evening. The most harmful thing for people in these matters is heedlessness regarding the remembrance of Allah and the legislated supplications. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner is from al-Qassim, O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : As for the cause, I cannot know it, because the causes of depression and distress are varied. However, there is one thing that benefits a person, which is to say what the Sunnah has brought:
There is none worthy of worship except You, Glory to You, Indeed, I have been of the transgressors.
لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمينThe second is that he should read the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him):
O Allah, I am Your servant, the son of Your servant, the son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand. Your ruling over me is just, and Your judgment over me is fair. I ask You, O Allah, by every name that is Yours, by which You have named Yourself, or which You have revealed in Your Book, or which You have taught anyone of Your creation, or which You have kept exclusive in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Mighty Qur'an the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the dispeller of my sadness, and the remover of my worry and grief.
اللهم إني عبدك ابن عبدك ابن أمتك، ناصيتي بيدك، ماضٍ في حكمك، عدلٌ في قضاؤك، أسألك اللهم بكل اسمٍ هو لك، سميت به نفسك، أو أنزلته في كتابك، أو علمته أحداً من خلقك، أو استأثرت به في علم الغيب عندك، أن تجعل القرءان العظيم ربيع قلبي، ونور صدري، وجلاء حزني، وذهاب همي وغميUnquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah hearts are assured."
أَلا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبُThe questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner is from al-Qassim, O honorable Shaykh.