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Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

22 Questions

I am worried about myself or a family member contracting an incurable disease, and my work in a medical environment heightens this fear. Is there a specific Dua that can help alleviate my anxiety regarding this situation?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

There are many supplications for protection beside repeating Estighfaar and Salawaat and giving Sadaqa. These supplications are mentioned in many books like Mafateeh Al-Jinan. One of these Du'as is (أُعيذُ نفسي وديني وأهلي ومالي وما رَزَقَني رَبِّي بالله الواحد الأحد الذي لم يلد ولم يولد ولم يكن له كفوا أحد.

(O'EETHU NAFSI WA DEENI WA AHLI WA MAALI WA MACRAZAQANI RABBI BILLAH AL WAAHUD AL-AHAD ALLATHI LAM YALID WALAMBYIULAD WALAMBYAKON LAHU KOFOWAN AHAD)

Wassalam.
How can I remedy my OCD-related anxiety about cleanliness, as I am worried that my sister didn't wash my Najis clothes properly, potentially contaminating everything in our house?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

This is a frequent question, and I would recommend you refer back to the many answers we have given here on this platform.

This clip could alos be useful for you, in shaa Allah:
How can I deal with the anxiety that people around me may hurt or kill my child?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Extreme anxiety is an abnormal behavior which needs medical advice from psychiatrist specialists. Normal anxiety can be treated with remembering Allah and reciting Salwaat and reciting or listening to Quran and Duas.

It is unusual to think that someone is trying to hurt or kill your child. It is a sinful act to think wrongly about the intentions of others.

Wassalaam
How can individuals with depression and anxiety distinguish between an authentic divine response and their own mental defenses or illusions?
Zoheir Ali Esmail

Bismillah

Thank you for your question. Humans cannot know God's mind and so we should not assume that anything that happens in our life is a negative response from God. Instead it is better to focus on the fact that God always intends the best for His servants and that the nature of life in the material realm is such that it is full of difficulties. We need to try to develop coping mechanisms for these difficulties if possible and not augment the difficulties with thinking that they are a sign of God's anger or displeasure.

May you always be successful