How Muslim Scholars Understood Mental Illness a Thousand Years Ago | Holistic Healing with Dr. Rania

Has anyone ever uttered these words to you, “A Muslim is not afflicted with depression?” If so, you are not alone. However, this phrase actually contradicts the teachings of our beloved Prophet ﷺ. It’s important to truly understand the factors that influence mental health illnesses in order to begin healing. In this episode, Dr. Rania Awaad discusses how early Muslim scholars understood the complexities of such illnesses.
This series is in collaboration with the Stanford Muslim Mental Health Lab.
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[@leomata7096]

Honestly telling a depressed muslim that muslims dont get depressed may even worsen the situation and make their faith dwindle by alot

[@mxjay1077]

Agreed.

[@Natashasofea623]

Her meaning said : " If we follow all of the sunnah do all the things that Allah said Insha Allah we don't get depressed.."

[@leomata7096]

@@Natashasofea623 I never said don't follow the sunnah but the statement "Muslims don't get depressed" is the starter to a really long string of negative thoughts that leads to a bad ending

[@Natashasofea623]

@@leomata7096 sorry, I was just wanted to make it positive...because Rasulullah said we need to be positive and happy 😁

[@leomata7096]

@@Natashasofea623 No worries and I sincerely apologies for sounding aggressive. Don't let my tone discourage you from trying to spread a positive vibe

[@sinwansabith3233]

Mashallah,may Allah bless you abundantly for speaking upon a taboo topic!

[@skywater9607]

A scholar with deep psychological knowledge is a must actually

[@nosheenaskitchendelights1671]

Thank you for sharing this knowledge ♥️ i think not people in general need to learn & understand that mental health issues exist but there are Doctors who are also ignorant in this matter. Sometimes even people who think they have all the islamic knowledge say, “you can’t be depressed if u have Islam” and they make people feel guilty. May Allah guide them out of there ignorance, Aameen.

[@H_A_L_7]

Aamin

[@nabeelkareem100]

I have a little mental illness. Not very big. I can myself understand where is my mistake. I used to grieve why allah given me this illness when I am a Muslim. Even I doubt about my faith. I thought it would be a punishment. After seeing this I cried a lot. My mind become calm..

[@tristanbulluss9386]

I have a picture of a ghost on a tv.

[@nabeelkareem100]

I have a little mental illness. Not very big. I can myself understand where is my mistake. I used to grieve why allah given me this illness when I am a Muslim. Even I doubt about my faith. I thought it would be a punishment. After seeing this I cried a lot. My mind become calm

[@maj1636]

Wow I am literally speechless

[@fi_alqamar2523]

Thank you a lot. May Allah be pleased with all of you and your work.

[@aWanderersKitchen]

JazakAllah! May Allah bless you.. It was much needed... Your video somehow made me feel a bit better...

[@anas9431]

I appreciate your efforts, sister go on 👍👍

[@ah7041]

JzakAllah khair fe Dunya wa Akirah dear sister 🌹

[@sahebullahraofi4538]

Ma Shaa'Allah..for the first time i hear such a information from in islam

[@soulsister_rin]

Million thanks for your enlightement❤

[@ahmadalkaff5009]

Alhamdulillah. Carry on the good work. Barakallahu fik.

[@foggynights3079]

Allahumma Aameen. Shukran.

[@melicaabduraheman4335]

Mash Allah JazakAllah khayr.

[@katrinamcbride9338]

Thank you, sister.

[@ninodass6951]

MashaALLAH great and trust one.

[@nabillasalsafahira3366]

I need to share this to my friends

[@nawazishkhan5831]

JAZAKALLAH KHAIR sister

[@kilowellness560]

Love, love, love 💕

[@zarinasalih2284]

thank you

[@shayestamaqsoodi2202]

Thanks dear dr your speech bring a kind of calmness and tranquility for me. don't know why?

[@H_A_L_7]

Finally it all made sense?

[@amandaibrahim6501]

MashAllah I am so happy to watch your videos. I just randomly came across your series of videos Dr. Rana. جزاكي الله خيرا I always wanted to find something like this. Mental illness and the psyche have been my interest for some time now and to link all that to Islam (after all it's a complete way of life) is perfectly the right path. Thank you for all your effort and clear and enriching videos. Will definitely watch all of them and find your published articles InshAllah. Thank you again sister 😊

[@fisoa1344]

Please remove the one eye picture on your dp

[@zohralatiff7217]

we need to teach the muslims as they are ignorant , saying that muslims don't get depressed.

[@anvermazari]

Mashallah

[@Mindset19877]

Sister , very informative. I did not know about these scientists. Thank you for sharing this information. I have one question… do you know when does a sadness become a depression? If we know all the steps then it’s important to prevent depression before a sadness becomes a depression. Thank you jazakAllahu khair

[@ehsankhorasani_]

both of these scientists were from balkh, Afghanistan. the Abu sina was such a famous that it impact most of modern medicine and you can see alot of Arabic words in medicine.

[@lailaa4829]

Interesting, jazakallahu khayran

[@H_A_L_7]

This is great, when I was young was studying law, intending to take Islamic jurisprudence... Psychology of the psyche of a Muslim....has always been my life long quest/interest Somehow I knew in can be glean from our historical text. I humbly try to understand by myself, and here I am listening to my thoughts on the subject unveil brilliantly. Now I can research and read as much as I can. Insyallah. Aamin ya Rabb Alamin.

[@Amina-ui7kv]

Masha'Allah sister, may Allah reward you for your efforts. I would like to learn more about this topic. Where can I find your research papers?

[@H_A_L_7]

Try the web links. Help with the research is welcome she said.

[@smile6889]

Thank you Sister, May Allah reward you👍

[@hamdiyakedir7227]

mashallah,ukhti could you make some videos about ocd plsss

[@masiiharwood6082]

ماشاالله 💚💚💚

[@fasilatsanusi7431]

I am interested in this course and I would like to be part of the team

[@nousheenfarhan]

Very informative and fruitful, and when I go deeper down, I came up with the conclusion that leaving on the first place, the Islamic practice in everyday life gives you many illnesses, including mental illness. Every single guidence and practice is for the wellbeing of humankind, for example," A Muslim can't reach the level of Emaan until he love for others, what he love for himself" , only this single piece significantly helps in several ways in anyone's life,you don't want any bad happens to you and same feeling you have for others gives you peace at heart , patience, tranquility, gratitude,better sleep, positive minset,being kind and helpful which is again good for mantal health which boost you confidence, you not gonna have unhealthy competition that I'm better than others or selfishness you not living for yourself but also for the betterment of the humankind which gives you true happiness of a better person not on the color or race but on the basis of Taqwa.

[@qoohooq]

❤

[@kilowellness560]

I love u sister

[@swarming1092]

Sorry friends, as a non-Muslim that does not speak Arabic, I would love to learn more about this thinker that Dr Rania Awaad references - by ear, it sounds like Al-Balfry? My apologies for butchering that, but could someone please let me know how to spell this man's name so I can look into what he says? This is part of a personal project of mine to educate myself on Islam and its history, as well as its place today, so that I can better understand my many Muslim friends. Thank you friends 🙏

[@ekushkaki9]

Abu Zayd al-Balkhi

[@user-82xyehdhy]

Can i know where is the first video she mentioned?

[@symeebryant]

❤️

[@nuranrasul6535]

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatuAllahi wa barakaatuh. Did she say, rabbies?! I am interested in knowing of that one

[@H_A_L_7]

Allahumaamin? Is that the right pronunciation? If not is it Allahumamualimi.? Tq

[@theguidedone5701]

Salam aleykoum, I struggle with prayers and don't pray very often because I take a lot of medication due to chronic schizophrenia and feel very lazy most of the time...

[@muslim-uo3ip]

May Allah helps and gives you cure :)

[@Aya-rb1mk]

Are you feeling better?

[@Healer_a2zee]

I am healer_a2zee. For schizophrenia join me.

[@Healer_a2zee]

On Insta gram

[@vimosmerchant7945]

Yes you are correct in your own way but we also have to acknowledge the fact that every living human being is created with a test and those with depression, anxiety and other conditions are tests to those individuals that will challenge themselves challenge their faith and their resolution. I myself have been diagnosed with depression. They filled me with medication and treated me like a test subject about which medication will make you happy and which won't. Alhamduila I have been off of medication for the past 5 years and the past 5 years I filled the void with Allah SWT love and grace. No medication in the world can make me will what I feel now for Allah SWT. If we get a good grasp on how to educate our children on spirituality not one that is forced and one that the parent should lead by example. My father used to never pray and I used to never pray I was very very far away from Allah SWT and I don't blame my father for anything he didn't force me to pray nor fast but he would always tell me how guilty he feels for himself not praying and not fasting and Alhamduila my father has been praying for the past 7 years non stop and not missing a prayer even at work he will stop what he does and prays.

[@aleksandryaroslav1289]

Dr. Rania did not in any way negate the spiritual crisis or existential cause of depression. She made that very clear. It is wonderful that you are now off meds, but other suffering patients of endogenous causes need to have medicinal support that directly addresses the biological causes of depression. Yes, that an illness is a test is a given, but the argument here is wider and more expansive

[@imenesaidoun9712]

You touched me to my very core. may Allah preserve your father and make you always strong and peaceful. You've given me hope.

[@feisal-pb4mq]

Willalyment

[@emg3125]

Selam everyone I would highly suggest watching dr mark hymans videos on mental health. All brain illnesses start in the gut so get tested

[@noniizainal3491]

Assalamualaikum..i am so exicited to learn that there are something we could do to treat OCD. Please..please..help me in this topic 😭. My little brother have OCD, he have been suffered for almost 20 years now. He only take medication from pysicatharist. Tell me please..can ppl with OCD be improved if not cured them?

[@imenesaidoun9712]

I feel you sister may Allah help you to take care of him and reward you in this life and in the hereafter. May Allah be with your brother never lose hope.

[@hamnabint-e-amir2013]

As far as I know only improved

[@shahrozemalik9439]

What helped was having a motivation. My motivation was that by harming myself and maybe causing health issues in the future, I'd be harming my family, whether it is my fault or not. This has allowed me to get away from my thoughts.

[@countingtheayat1914]

Exposure and Response Prevention therapy is the non-pharmacological treatment that is used by clinicians. Try to find a psychologist who can confirm this diagnosis and who does this treatment and see if he/she will treat your brother. May Allah grant shifa iA.

[@abdikadirweli9521]

I would advice you to request his psychiatrist all the required things as much as he recommends the OCD drugs. It depends with what he's obsessed to.

[@arbaazkareem8772]

Ok, I'm depressed what do I do? If I see a therapist they will suggest do whatever you want, listin to music go to parties etc etc. They will suggest things we're aren't suppose to do. My condition I s so bad rn.

[@Healer_a2zee]

healer_a2zee

[@paulaannstewart9870]

Leave Islam 😢

[@muslim5067]

As salaam alaykum. Dr Rania mentions Ibn Sina and Al Kindi. Both these philosophers practiced Magic. They did contribute to medicine but were also known to have practiced magic which they learned from Greek philosophy. Symbols and phrases are very much part of Magic. Magic is Magic!

[@user-nu2hj7rs2q]

Are harm ocd is waswas or mental disorder?

[@inahurrystoic3187]

Depression isn’t real sadness is pain is somethings exists some constraints in this modern world can wiegh us down .

[@atomicambition4435]

hindus found all those things first and much more. and also why does islam oppress women so much?

[@ck.7343]

I’m a Muslim woman and more oppressed from non Muslim (especially white) people, who are telling me I’m oppressed although I AM NOT because I want to be Muslim and it is my free choice

[@jivaji2028]

@@ck.7343 And what about women who dosnt want to wear hijab yet their muslim family would do many things if she took it of? Please raise your voice next time when you see such things..and yeah it happens mostly by non white people..

[@nurjanahbakti1883]

@@jivaji2028 wearing a hijab is a choice you dont have to if you dont want...

[@jivaji2028]

@@nurjanahbakti1883 really, so go to any sharia ruling country and try to exercise your choice...quickly you will realize that you dont have one

[@saqibsami1484]

dude they arent if anything at all, culture oppresses people

[@maroonda8891]

the promised messiah and Mahdi was Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. isa ibn marayam is not coming back because he's dead. (he didn't die on the cross) God never punishes a people until He sends down a messanger (this is the sunnatullah, also mentioned in the holy quran) the Muslims are being punished like no other people Syria,Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, rohingya, China, kashmir, Bosnia etc... it seems as time proceeds more punishment is Incurred. Wake up ppl the imam mahdi was Mirza Ghulam Ahmad