{"id":10296,"date":"2018-02-07T01:31:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T01:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=10296"},"modified":"2021-07-16T11:59:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T11:59:17","slug":"mental-illness-is-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/society\/mental-illness-is-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Illness is Real"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/amp-jwplayer>\n

Mental Illness is Real<\/span><\/h1>\nIn the latest episode of Living Muslim, brother Mohamed Hoblos confronts the stereotypes and misconceptions of one of the biggest taboo topics in the Muslim community, mental illness.<\/span>Having mental illness doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re far from Allah nor does it mean you\u2019re possessed by Jinn, it\u2019s a test from Allah, just like other diseases such as cancer, etc. <\/span>\n\nThe Prophet (<\/span>\ufdfa<\/span>) was confronted with the topic of mental illness, and his response was not what we hear today, \u201cYou need to Pray\u201d, \u201cCome closer to Allah\u201d or \u201cThis is a punishment from Allah.\u201d<\/span>\n\n\u2018Ata bin Abi Rabah narrates that Ibn \u2018Abbas once said to me,<\/span>\n
\u201cShall I show you a woman of the people of Paradise?\u201d<\/span><\/blockquote>\nI said, <\/span>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/span><\/blockquote>\nHe said, <\/span>\n\nThis black lady came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, <\/span>\n
\u2018I get attacks of epilepsy and my body becomes uncovered; please invoke Allah for me.’ <\/span><\/blockquote>\nThe Prophet said (to her),<\/span>\n
\u2018If you wish, be patient and you will have Paradise; and if you wish, I will invoke Allah to cure you.\u2019 She said, \u2018I will remain patient,\u2019 and added, \u2018but I become uncovered, so please invoke Allah for me that I may not become uncovered.\u2019 So he invoked Allah for her.\u201d <\/span>\n\n(Sahih Bukhari)<\/span><\/blockquote>\nWhat we can learn from this Hadith is that the Prophet <\/span>\ufdfa <\/span>did not ignore nor deny mental illness, but in fact, acknowledged it as a problem. <\/span>\n\nIt is difficult to deal with mental illness, but it is, no longer a problem the Muslim community can ignore. <\/span>\n\nIt cannot be dealt with alone, so talk to someone who is able to help and guide you in dealing with mental illness. \u00a0<\/span>You no longer need to s<\/span>uffer in silence.<\/span>\n\nFor those that are struggling with mental illness and are in need of help please feel free to contact the appropriate professionals. <\/span>\n\nAs Allah states in the Quran <\/span>\n
\u201cAsk the people of knowledge if you do not know.\u201d<\/span>\n\nAn-Nahl 16:43<\/blockquote>\n
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Mental Illness is Real In the latest episode of Living Muslim, brother Mohamed Hoblos confronts the stereotypes and misconceptions of one of the biggest taboo topics in the Muslim community, mental illness.Having mental illness doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re far from Allah nor does it mean you\u2019re possessed by Jinn, it\u2019s a test from Allah, just like […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow4-bBDA:productID":"","content-type":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[77],"series":[],"speaker":[],"coauthors":[140],"class_list":["post-10296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","tag-latest","post_format-post-format-video","entry"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/thumbnail.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mums-on-the-RunV3.jpg?fit=2160%2C2160&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/feed\/podcast\/mums-on-the-run","embedCode":"

Mental Illness is Real<\/a><\/blockquote>