Comments on Bukhari Dars Blog: Self-Harm and Mental Health

May the peace blessings and mercy of Allah be on t...

2011-03-16T19:06:06.643Z

May the peace blessings and mercy of Allah be on the Prophet Muhammad, His Family, His Companions And The Mursaleen.

Jazakallah Khair to the shaikh for his opinions on this matter.

Some commenters have misunderstood Islam's opinion on mental illness and have gone so far as o ridicule and negate that mental illness exists. This has saddened me. I take responsibility for my actions and I have stayed away from harming myself but my own mental illness is very real.There is real physical pain and constant inability to make life's choices. May the administrators try and advise commenters about the debilitating nature of certain mental illnesses in a future article..
Remember the hadith: if you mock some people, Allah will cause you to suffer the same problem as the mocked...
If you are unaware of the problems faced by the mentally-ill please visit your nearby hospital and find out. See if you can volunteer there and maybe help out. You might get hasana for it.
May Allah Forgive all of us muslimeen.
Wal Humdulillahi Rabbil Alamin.

Assalam alaykum, Can you please explain the bit w...

2010-02-01T00:20:38.886Z

Assalam alaykum,

Can you please explain the bit where the Shaykh mentions, "When you marry you have to divorce a part of yourself".

JazakALLAH khair

fi Amanillah

Salam. I ran across this blog accidently. Althou...

2010-01-29T23:02:09.863Z

Salam.

I ran across this blog accidently. Although I admire your blog and the work you have done and written, I have to say i disagree when you wrote about self-harm being 'one of the paths to suicide'. Or maybe not you but rather the Shaykh.

I used to self-harm (may AllahSWT forgive me for that period of my life). I take full responsibility of that and I am not hiding behind a 'label'. And I am of the belief that it prevents suicide, as I've read some articles on self-harm and most point out this fact. Most people who SH do it so they don't have to commit suicide. It's a coping mechanism.

I'm a Muslim. I pray 5 times a day. I wear the hijab. I read the Quran on a regular basis. I love Allah SWT and my parents. And I used to self-harm. When i started I didn't know it was haram or what it was even called. Does that mean I had commited a big sin? In my opinion, no. I'm 9 months SH-free and I used to self-harm. And not for suicide or for attention. Please inform yourself about self-harm before passing judgment on it as Allah forgives the ignorant.

Self-harm is an addiction, just like drugs and smoking. And it's just as hard to quit. And yet no one says druggies and smokers have a mental illness.

Asalaamu 'alaykum wa Rahamatullahi wa Barakata...

2009-10-07T05:17:08.457+01:00

Asalaamu 'alaykum wa Rahamatullahi wa Barakatahu

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assalam alaikum.mashaAllah.I'm so proud of thi...

2009-08-19T05:52:40.377+01:00

assalam alaikum.mashaAllah.I'm so proud of this shaykh, eventhough I do not know him and this is the first time I have heard of him.

I'm proud of him because he dare to be sincere and stick to the facts in Islam when it comes to mental issues.

As we know, today, mental illness is a big and strong industry and they have a label and a name for every problems. Being sad or too sad, being happy or too happy; everything is a "disease", given impressive "scientific" labels. These has encouraged modern people to not take action for anything in their lives. If they are never happy, they say it's because they are depressed. They are always complaining and in misery.

You will tell them to be grateful and God will increase your happiness; but focus on things you dont have in life and God will increase your misery. They push that aside and say they cannot help it- their depression is caused by their genes. It's called depression/manic depression/bi-polar. If you try harder, they will say its not that simple. Only psychotic drugs can "cure" them and they must use it forever otherwise their thoughts will always be gloomy. They believe the drugs can "alter" the gloomy brain cells. Hello? Might as well smoke pot and take hashish, really. For all I know, those potheads are always happy. But without it, they cut their hands. So there you go.

This fatwa is so refreshing. It cleverly deals with the people who hide comfortably behind psychotic label "diseases" from not wanting to be responsible of their actions.

To me, whatever depression/lying/etc i.e. "mental illness" is what is known by people before modernity comes- as "immature". That is all what it's all about. Immature and childish. When a person starts to take responsibility for his own happiness, he is matured and wise.

Simple as that.

Jazakallah khayran again for this shaykh for taking this bold step of not fully submitting to this widespread mental "disease" myth. This fatwa should be spread to as many people, especially muslims.

Assalamualykum,

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2009-03-31T16:29:00.000+01:00

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Thanks for sharing this...

2009-03-27T11:45:00.000Z

As-salamu `alaykum,

Thanks for sharing this. May Allah reward you for it and keep up the good work!

ibn ayyub