Part 32

The Prophet a& then asked Allah to make the Qura'an in his heart just like a spring is to the animals. He In addition asked Allah to make the Qura'an a remedy for his sadness and grief, so that it works just as medicine works when it removes an ailment, allowing the body to regain its health and youth. He In addition asked Allah to make the Qura'an the remover that clears rust and impurities from the heart. This remedy, when the ailing

person uses it with a sincere heart, will certainly remove the ailment and will replace it with complete recovery, health and energy.

As for the supplication that Zhin An-Nun (Jonah) has made, it contains an affirmation of Tawhid (Unity) and praises Allah's perfection. In addition, it contains the slave's affirming his own injustice and the sins that he has committed, making the supplication an especially effective remedy for sadness, grief and anguish. It is In addition a very effective means of approach to Allah that ensures deliverance of what one seeks. tawhid (Unity) and praising Aclah include affirming all types of perfection for Allah and denying every type of shortcoming from approaching Him. One's affirming his injustices indicates the slave's faith in the religion and belief in reward and punishment. It In addition leads the slave to being humble and to repent to Allah, asking Him to forgive his faults and affirming his slavery and meekness to Allah. There are four matters that the slave would be begging Allah with in this supplication: tawhid (Unity), praising Allah, affirming one's slavery to him and admitting one's mistakes.

As for the Hadith narrated by Abu Umamah,

"O Allah! I seek refuge with You from sadness and anguish,"

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It contains seeking refuge with Allah from eight matters. There are four pairs of things that are related: grief and anguish, inability and laziness, cowardice and miserliness, and preponderance of debts and dominance of men. When a hated matter reaches the heart, it will be either a current concern, which will cause sadness, or it will be an anticipated matter of concern and anguish, which might affect the slave's important interests.

When one does not attain his vital interests, it will be because he is unable or unwilling to seek such interests. When one does not bring about benefit to others and to himself, it will be because he is either a coward or miserly and unwilling to spend from his money. When one falls under domination, it will be because of his being indebted, or because he is overwhelmed by other people unjustly. The Hadith includes seeking refuge from all types of evil.

Seeking forgiveness has a profound effect on repelling grief, anguish, sadness and depression. This is a fact agreed upon by those of wisdom of every nation. This is because sins and errors bring about grief, anguish, fear, sadness, distress, and ailments of the heart. After a while, those who are used to committing evil and sins will get bored with them. Then, they will commit these errors to drive away the depression and loneliness that they feel. Since these are the effects of sins and errors on the hearts,

then the only remedy for this condition includes seeking forgiveness and repenting (to Allah).

As for the prayer, it has a profound effect on bringing relief and comfort to the heart, along with strengthening it and bringing about joy and elation to it. The prayer is the connection of the heart and soul with Allah and brings about feelings of joy by drawing closer to Him, remembering Him, feeling happy by speaking to Him, standing before Him, and using one's entire body and strength in implementing one's slavery to Him. The prayer In addition entails giving each organ and limb its due right of its slavery, while freeing the heart from remembering the creation, dealing with it or talking of it. The attention of the heart and limbs will thus be concentrated on the Lord and Creator, along with being free from the irritation caused by his enemy (Satan) while in prayer. This is why the prayer is one of the best types of medicines, remedies, and nutrition and is only suitable for healthy hearts. As for ailing hearts, they are just like ailing bodies, not fit for normal good foods.

The prayer is one of the best methods to acquire the good of this life and the life hereafter while fending off the harm of this and the next life. It In addition discourages people from falling into sin, cures diseases of the heart, fends off the ailments of the body, brings light to the heart and the face and elevates the energy of the

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limbs and the soul. It In addition brings about sustenance, fends off injustice, helps the oppressed, dissipates the lusts of the hearts, preserves one's bounty, fends off torment, brings about mercy, relieves calamity and helps against many ailments that attack the internal organs.

Ibn Majah narrated in his Sunan that Abu Hurayrah said, "The Messenger of Allah s& saw me while I was asleep suffering from a pain in the stomach. He said to me:

"'O Abu Hurayrah! Does your stomach bother you (he said it in Persian)?" I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah ! He said, 'Stand up and pray, because the prayer is a cure.”

It was In addition reported that these words are not the Prophet's words but Abu Hurayrah said them to Mujahid,

When the hypocrite doctor's heart is not pleased with all these facts, we talk to him in medical terms. We say to him that the prayer is an exercise for the body and soul, as it entails various movements and positions, such as standing up, bowing down, prostrating, sitting on the ground, moving etween these positions during which most of one's joints are used. In addition, most of the internal organs are exercised in the prayer, such as the stomach, the intestines and the rest of the body organs

that are responsibie for food and digestion. Who can deny that these acts and movements strengthen the body, especially when the soul is strengthened and relieved during the prayer? In this case, the body will be strengthened and the pain will subside.

The disease of hypocrisy and rejecting what the Messengers were sent with and preferring atheism has no cure except for Fire.

Fire (Hell). None shall enter it save the most wretched. Who denies and turns away." (92:14-16)

As for the effect of Jihad on repelling sadness and grief, it is well established, when the heart is forced to tolerate evil succeeding and becoming dominant and apparent, its sadness, depression, fear and distress increases. But when the soul performs Jihad for Allah's sake, Allah will turn that sadness and grief into happiness and strength. Allah said:

"Fight against them so that Allah will punish them by your hands and disgrace them and give you victory over them and heal the breasts of a believing people. And remove the anger of their believers’) hearts. Allah accepts the repentance of whom He wills. Allah is All-Knowing,

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No act is more capable of removing the heart's grief, sadness and anguish more than jihad.

As for the effect of saying "there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah" in removing depression, it is a fact because these words include referring all matters, power and strength to Allah Alone. They In addition include submitting all matters to Allah, not denying Him any supremacy over any matter and referring the Ability to make any changes in this and the higher worlds to Allah Alone. Nothing can super-cede these words in this regard.

It was said that there is no angel who descends trom or ascends to the heaven without uttering the words, “there is no power or strength except from Allah". Finally, these words have an especially profound effect in repelling the devil.

The Prophet's guidance on curing fear and insomnia

At-Termezey narrated in his Sunan that Khalid once complained to the Prophet $se that he does not sleep well at night. The Prophet s& said:

“When you go to bed say, 'O Allah! The Lord of the seven heavens and what is under them, the Lord of the earths and what they carry, and the Lord of the devils and whoever they misguide! Be my supporter against the evil

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of all of Your creation, prevenung any of them to cause me any harm or injustice. Mighty indeed are those whom You support, honorable indeed is ) our pratse. and there is no deity worthy of worship except Y ou."

In addition, At-Termezey oarrated that the Messenger of Allah m. used tw teach his companions these words when they face any fear.

"I seek refuge with Allahs perfect Words trom His anger and torment, and trom the evil of His slaves and the whisperings of the devils. ] seek refuge with You. my Lord from their presence."

Ibn Umar used to teach these words to his children and would even write them for those who were not able to memorize them. There is no doubt that such words are suitable and effective in remuving and repelling all types of harm.

Fhe Prophet's guidance on treating burns

Burs are usually caused by fire which is the substance from which the devil was created. and this 1s why the devil finds it befitting his nature and the evil that he seeks to achieve. Therefore, the devil helps the fire cause harm. The fire usually seeks domination and devastation. These two matters, domination and devastation, are the guidance of the devil that he calls to

and with which he leads mankind to destruction. The fire and the devil both seek domination and affliction, while Allah's Pride always intervenes by extinguishing these evils and the acts of the devil.

This is why praising Allah that He is the Great has a profound effect on extinguishing the fire, for Allah's Greatness overwhelms anything and everything. When the Muslim praises Allah's Greatness, this supplication will cause the fire and the efforts of the devil to fade away and thus the fire will be extinguished, Allah willing. We have used this method before and found it to be true.

The Prophet's guidance on staying healthy

Preserving one's good health requires the help of wetness that resists heat. The wetness resists heat while the heat helps mature various substances and rids the body of its wastes. Otherwise, without wetness, the excessive heat would harm the body and would not allow its organs to function normally, while excessive dryness allows the heat to burn the body and make it dry. Each one of the two conditions, wetness and heat, thus needs the other to sustain and allow the body to function. Further, since the heat feeds on wetness, it preserves the moisture from rotting and decomposing. When one of these two conditions is more dominant than the other, the constitution of the body will be altered and changed.