There is nothing wrong with treating the diseases that befall
a person, and this is not forbidden. But that is subject to the condition
that the treatment does not cause side effects which are worse than the
problem itself.
We advise the one who is sick – whether that is spiritual
(mental) illness such as anxiety and depression, or physical illness such as
various kinds of pain – to hasten first of all to treat the problem with
ruqyah as prescribed in sharee’ah. This means verses and ahaadeeth which are
recommended in sharee’ah and in which the texts state there is healing for
diseases.
Then we advise treating it with natural materials which
Allaah has created, such as honey and plants, for Allaah has created special
properties in them which may treat many kinds of diseases, and at the same
time they do not have any side effects on the one who takes them.
We think that you should not take artificial chemical
remedies for anxiety. For this disease a person needs a spiritual remedy
rather than a chemical one.
So he needs to increase his faith and his trust in his Lord;
he needs to make more du’aa’ and pray more. If he does that, his anxiety
will be removed. Seeking to relax by means of doing acts of worship has a
great effect on the soul, dispelling many kinds of psychological disease.
Hence we do not see any benefit in going to a psychologist whose beliefs are
corrupt, let alone one who is a kaafir. The more the doctor knows about
Allaah and His religion, the better advice he will give to his patient.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Whoever works righteousness — whether male or female — while
he (or she) is a true believer (of Islamic Monotheism) verily, to him We
will give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful
provision), and We shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the
best of what they used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter)”
[al-Nahl 16:97]
It was narrated that Suhayb said: the Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “How wonderful is the
affair of the believer, for all his affairs are good, and this applies to no
one except the believer. If something good happens to him, he gives thanks,
and that is good for him, and it something bad happens to him, he bears it
with patience, and that is good for him.”
(Narrated by Muslim, 2999)
This world should not be the main concern of the Muslim.
Worry about his provision should not find any room in his heart or mind,
lest that make his sickness and his anxiety worse.
It was narrated that Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him)
said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“Whoever is mainly concerned about the Hereafter, Allaah will make him feel
independent of others and will make him focused and content, and his worldly
affairs will fall into place. But whoever is mainly concerned with this
world, Allaah will make him feel in constant need of others and will make
him distracted and unfocused, and he will get nothing of this world except
what is decreed for him.”
(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2389; classed as saheeh by Shaykh
al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 6510).
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have
mercy on him) said: “When a person spends his entire day with no other
concern but Allaah alone, Allaah, may He be glorified, will take care of all
his needs and take care of all that is worrying him; He will empty his heart
so that it will be filled only with love for Him, free his tongue so that it
will speak only in remembrance of Him (dhikr) and cause all his
faculties to work only in obedience to Him. But if a person spends his
entire day with no other concern but this world, Allaah will make him bear
its distress, anxiety and pain; He will leave him to sort himself out, and
cause his heart to be distracted from the love of Allaah towards the love of
some created being, cause his tongue to speak only in remembering people
instead of remembering Allaah, and cause him to use his talents and energy
in obeying and serving them. So he will strive hard, labouring like some
work-animal, to serve something other than Allaah… Everyone who turns away
from being a true slave of Allaah and obeying Him and loving Him will be
burdened with servitude, love and obedience to some created being. Allaah
says (interpretation of the meaning): ‘And whosoever turns away (blinds
himself) from the remembrance of the Most Beneficent (Allaah), We appoint
for him a shaytaan (devil) to be a qareen (intimate companion) to him.’
[al-Zukhruf 43:36].”
Al-Fawaa’id,
p. 159
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may
Allaah have mercy on him) was asked:
Can a believer become mentally
ill? What is the treatment for that according to sharee’ah? Please note that
modern medicine treats these illnesses with modern medicines only.
He replied:
Undoubtedly a person may
suffer from psychological or mental diseases, such as anxiety about the
future and regret for the past. Psychological diseases affect the body more
than physical diseases affect it. Treating these diseases by means of the
things prescribed in sharee’ah – i.e., ruqyah – is more effective than
treating them with physical medicines, as is well known.
One of the means of treating
them is mentioned in the saheeh hadeeth from Ibn Mas’ood (may Allaah be
pleased with him): “There is no-one who is afflicted by distress and grief,
and says: ‘Allaahumma inni ‘abduka ibn ‘abdika ibn amatija naasyati bi
yadika, maada fiyya hukmuka, ‘adlun fiyya qadaa’uka. As’aluka bi kulli ismin
huwa laka sammayta bihi nafsaka aw anzaltahu fi kitaabika aw ‘allamtahu
ahadan min khalqika aw ista’tharta bihi fi ‘ilm il-ghayb ‘indaka an taj’al
al-Qur’aana rabee’ qalbi wa noor sadri wa jalaa’ huzni wa dhihaab hammi
(O Allaah, I am Your slave, son of Your slave, son of Your maidservant; my
forelock is in Your hand, Your command over me is forever executed and Your
decree over me is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You which You
have named Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or You taught to any of
Your creation, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the Unseen with
You, that You make the Qur’aan the life of my heart and the light of my
breast, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety),’ but
Allaah will take away his distress and grief, and replace it with joy.” This
is one of the remedies prescribed in sharee’ah.
One can also say “Laa ilaaha illa Anta, subhaanaka inni
kuntu min al-zaalimeen (none has the right to be worshipped but You (O
Allaah), Glorified (and Exalted) be You [above all that (evil) they
associate with You]! Truly, I have been of the wrongdoers)”
[al-Anbiya 21:87 – interpretation of the meaning].
Whoever wants to know more than that should refer to what the
scholars have written about dhikr, such as al-Waabil al-Sayyib by Ibn
al-Qayyim; al-Kalim al-Tayyib by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Tayimiyah;
al-Adhkaar by al-Nawawi; Zaad al-Ma’aad by Ibn al-Qayyim.
But because people’s faith is weak nowadays, they are less
receptive to the remedies prescribed in sharee’ah. So people nowadays have
started to rely on physical medicines more than on the remedies prescribed
in sharee’ah. But when a person’s faith is strong, the remedies prescribed
in sharee’ah are completely effective, and may work faster than physical
medicine. We all know about the story of the man whom the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) sent on a campaign and he camped
near some Arab people, but those people near whom he camped showed him no
hospitality at all. Allaah willed that their leader should be stung by a
scorpion, and they said to one another, “Go to those people who have camped
nearby, perhaps you will find a raaqi (one who can recite ruqyah) with
them.” The Sahaabah said to them, “We will not recite ruqyah for your leader
unless you give us such and such a number of sheep.” They said, “Fine.” So
one of the Sahaabah went and recited ruqyah for the one who had been stung.
He recited Soorat al-Faatihah only, and the one who had been stung got up as
if released from a chain.
Reciting al-Faatihah had such an effect on this man because
it came from a heart that was filled with faith. The Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) asked him, “How did you come to know that
it (Soorat al-Faatihah) could be recited as a ruqyah?”
But in these times when religious commitment and faith have
become weak, people have started to rely on external physical medicines, and
they are suffering as a result.
But on the other hand there are charlatans who play with
people’s minds; they are clever and able to trick people, claiming that they
are good reciters of ruqyah when in fact they are consuming people’s wealth
unlawfully. So people are caught between two extremes; one extreme is those
who think that ruqyah has no effect at all, and the other is those
tricksters who play with people’s minds by reciting false and deceitful
readings. And there are some who are moderate in their approach to this
issue.
Fataawa Islamiyyah, 4/465, 466
We ask Allaah to protect us and you from the evils of
anxiety and worry, and to open our hearts to faith, guidance and tranquility.
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