FILED UNDER: Articles (Parent of blog articles), Health & Wellbeing
TAGGED WITH:: depression, mental illness
/by AishaSharifah Bebe Hasan explores the difference between experiencing natural low points in life, and being clinically depressed. Negative emotions are completely natural. In fact, they can make us realise that we are makhluq (created) being who are flawed, and that we have limitations.It’s also important to realise that we are eternally connected to our Khaliq […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Family Ties, ANS Living Religion, ANS Parents, ANS-General
TAGGED WITH:: dementia, family ties, mental illness, parents
/by YusufShaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat is asked for advice on how best to treat an elder in one’s care, who suffers from dementia, within the bounds of Islam. Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. I have a question. Where and how can I draw the line between what my religion has taught me, and what […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Prayer
TAGGED WITH:: alzheimer's, caring for elderly members of the opposite sex, dementia, elderly, ill health, life support, medical, mental health, mental illness, old age, parents
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: Assalam aleykum My grandma has totally lost her mind. She doesn’t know what she is saying, can’t eat, or relieve herself, so the family need to do everything for her. a. Is she exempt from prayers? b. Does she still have to cover herself in the presence of non-mehram […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel
TAGGED WITH:: mental illness, suicidal thoughts, suicide
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: I had to endure a very difficult life. I ended up with severe mental problems. I sought help and after several years of treatment I felt better. I am now in the military and I can feel my suicidal tendencies coming back strong. I can’t trust any of my […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Living Religion
TAGGED WITH:: limits of obeying parents, mental illness, mother, obeying parents
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Umer Mian Question: As Salam Alaykum, My mother is seriously mentally ill. She fluctuates between emotional extremes. Because of this I have endured a lifetime of severe emotional abuse. I can’t go on living this way with her bullying me. What can I do? Answer: Wa alaikum as-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu […]
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