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The Daily Reminder Conference - Inspired 2015 is the first-of-its-kind Islamic event organized by The Daily Reminder Network.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  'I Am Depressed - Please Help!' ᴴᴰ ┇ Panel Discussion ┇ #Inspired2015 ┇ TDR Conference ┇  Assalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaathuhu  *This video is created by & for The Daily Reminder. Feel free to re-upload and share.  Host: Ustadh Wael Ibrahim Speaker: Sheikh Abdul Wahab Saleem and Sheikh Dr. Bilal Philips  The conference featured 14 speakers and talent including Sheikh Muiz Bukhary, Mufti Ismail Menk, Ustadh Majed Mahmoud, Sheikh Sajid Ahmed Umar, Sheikh Dr. Isam Rajab, Sheikh Abdul Wahab Saleem, Sheikh Omar El Banna, Shaykh Hussain Yee, Ustadh Wael Ibrahim, Wafiq Syed and Sheikh Dr. Bilal Philips!  "Struggling with depression? This groundbreaking panel featuring Dr. Bilal Philips, and top scholars reveals Islam’s holistic cure for mental health crises. A must-watch for every Muslim!  🔍 Key Discussion Points: ✅ Spiritual Root Causes – How iman and tawakkul rewire the depressed brain ✅ Practical Sunnah Solutions – Duas, fasting, and community support ✅ Psychology vs. Islam – Bridging modern therapy with Quranic wisdom ✅ Q&A with Scholars – Real-life cases addressed by Mufti Menk & Dr. Bilal Philips  💡 Allah’s Promise: "Verily, with hardship comes ease" (Quran 94:6).  📌 Speakers:  Dr. Bilal Philips Sheikh Abdul Wahab Saleem Ustadh Wael Ibrahim (Host)

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00:00how do we help a muslim who is depressed due to a loss of loved ones he does not want to turn to

00:26allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and also shuts off the people who advise him or something like that

00:31the topic of depression is a topic that does require attention

00:55from an islamic perspective likewise it also requires attention from a psychology perspective

01:03and from an islamic perspective i'd like to say that i think the best cure for depression

01:09is the recognition of a person's inability to understand and the fact that allah subhanahu

01:16wa ta'ala his knowledge is infinite and the fact that the human mind and human capabilities remain

01:22finite no matter what we try what we do and i start off with this premise because oftentimes

01:28we try to understand everything in the world and our attempt to try to understand everything in the

01:36world is what causes us to become depressed when we realize and come to the realization that it is

01:43not possible for us to understand everything in the world allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is infinite

01:49allah's knowledge is infinite allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows that which was allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

01:56knows that which will be allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows that which is allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows

02:01that which wasn't and that which will not be if it were to be how it would have been this is the

02:06knowledge of allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so in this knowledge if allah subhanahu wa ta'ala chooses for his

02:13slave a certain choice then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows best that this choice was the best for

02:20the slave of mine and for that reason we have people that are rich people that are poor the

02:25poor ask how do I become rich the rich enjoys the richness and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he teaches

02:32us in a hadith qudsi that from my slaves or those that are poor if I were to give them wealth

02:37then they would have then I would have destroyed their religion for them and from my slave or

02:42those that are the opposite if I made words to bring about poverty or wealth for them depending

02:47on their scenario then again I would have corrupted their religion for them all of this why because

02:52Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala his knowledge is infinite he knows exactly what we are deserving of and what

02:59is best for us our loved one passes away Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala knows that this was what was

03:05best for us this was the moment where it was best for this individual to pass away I ask Allah subhanahu

03:11wa ta'ala to grant us ease and by the way when I make this statement as a premise we find that even

03:18in the Quran Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala uses this as the premise to solve the problem of depression

03:25Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the Quran

03:28that there is nothing no harm harm no difficulty no calamity that occurs within your life or within

03:45yourselves in the earth or in yourselves except that it has been written down in a book before we

03:54had even created this problem or calamity and so on and so forth Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala continues

03:59he tells us that the reason why I'm telling you this is what the reason why I'm telling you of this is

04:05so that you don't end up becoming depressed so when we come to a recognition that Allah's

04:14knowledge is infinite and no matter how much we try our brains will remain confined to this particular

04:21area and our thought will remain confined to the finite world we will come to a realization that

04:26Allah's thought Allah's ideas and Allah's choices are beyond and this will help us decrease the

04:33athar or the the effects of this depression I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to uplift difficulty from all of us

04:40ameen ya rabbil alameen ameen jazakum wa khayran may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala unite us all in with our loved ones in Jannah insha'Allah ameen

04:48an additional i just like to add also on a practical note because people ask me about depression all the time and

05:00um i see two main points that people who are depressed seem to all share one is a sense of a loss of

05:14control of one's life like you're spinning out of your life is out of control you can't

05:22stop things from happening it's things are just happy just you you're at a loss and on the other hand

05:28you people tend to look at everything around them as bad there's no good when you're depressed no

05:36matter what anybody does there's this negative look it's always bad you know you can't find any good

05:42around you so based on those two principles i suggest to people one voluntary fast

05:53your voluntary fast monday thursdays three days of the full moon

06:03fasting gives you a sense of control because you are the one who decides to do that suhoor abstain from

06:12the food break the fast at that time it helps to give you a sense of control back in your life

06:21that was one suggestion the other in terms of everything being bad sujood as shukr this is something

06:32so many muslims don't even know about sujood as shukr that prophet muhammad sallam whenever something

06:39good happen he would drop down on his face in prostration you don't have to have wudu you don't have to be

06:48facing the qibla you just even women not even wearing hijab it's not a requirement you just make

06:55that sujood so i advise people who can't see any good in their life make that sujood go into sujood and

07:05reflect because for sure something good has happened if it's not today it happened yesterday or the day

07:12before go and reflect on those good things that exist in your life and the more you reflect the

07:19more you will see so this is a critical principle of for gratitude which can change your state of

07:26depression since so much stress has been placed on gratitude in the in islam in the quran the very

07:34fatiha that we recite every day 17 times a day begins with alhamdulillah gratitude

07:43there is also a beautiful dua the prophet had taught us

07:47and he ordered all his companions anyone who heard it must learn it meaning must memorize it and apply

07:53it in his life and it begins by an acknowledgement oh allah i'm your slave the son of your male slave the

07:59son of your female slaves my destiny is in your hand my your judgment upon me is judged and after

08:05all after all this introduction he asked allah to make the quran the spring of his life and

08:13the repeller of his sadness and grief and depression may allah unite us with our loved

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