warding off anxiety in islam
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• Peace of mind, contentment, happiness and freedom from worries and anxiety… these are what everyone wants, and these are the ways in
which people can have a good life and find complete happiness and joy. There are
religious means of achieving that, and natural and practical means, but no one can combine
all of them except the believers; although other people may achieve some of them, they will
miss out on others.
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• Ibn al-Qayyimsummed
fifteen ways through
which Allaahmay dispel worries and
regret. These are as
follows:
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• 1- Tawheed al-Ruboobiyyah (belief in the Oneness of Divine Lordship)
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• 2-Tawheed
al-Uloohiyyah
(belief in the Oneness of the Divine
nature)
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• 3- Tawheed
of knowledge
and belief
(i.e., Tawheed
al-Asma’
wa’l_Sifaat, beli
ef in the
Oneness of the
Divine names
and attributes)
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• 4- Thinking of Allaah as being above doing
any injustice to His slaves, and above punishing
anyone for no cause on the part of the slave that
would require such punishment.
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• 5- The person’s acknowledging that he is the one who has done wrong.
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• 6- Beseeching Allaah by means of the things
that are most beloved to Him, which are His
names and attributes. Two of His names that
encompass the meanings of all other names and
attributes
• are al-Hayy (the Ever-Living) and
• al-Qayyoom (the Eternal).
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• 7- Seeking the help of Allaah
Alone.
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• 8- Affirming one's
hope in Him.
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• 9- Truly putting one’s trust in Him and leaving matters to Him, acknowledging that
one's forelock is in His hand and that He does as He wills, that His will is forever
executed and that He is just in all that He decrees..
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• 10-Letting one's heart wander in the garden of the Qur’aan, seeking consolation in it from every calamity, seeking healing in it from all diseases of the heart, so that it will bring comfort to his grief and healing for his worries and distress.
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•11-Seeking
forgiveness
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• 12-Repentance.
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• 13-Jihad
• (struggle
and striving
in the cause
of Allah)
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• 14-Salaah (prayer).
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• 15-Declaring that he has no power and no strength, and
leaving matters to the One in Whose hand they are
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• We ask Allaahto keep us safe and sound from worries and to relieve us of distress and anxiety, for He is the All-Hearing, Ever-Responsive, and He is the Ever-Living, Eternal
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