The Daily Reminder Conference - Inspired 2015 is the first-of-its-kind Islamic event organized by The Daily Reminder Network.
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'I Am Depressed - Please Help!' ᴴᴰ ┇ Panel Discussion ┇ #Inspired2015 ┇ TDR Conference ┇
Assalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaathuhu
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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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'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
08:20ones in jannah for those ameen donate now the daily reminder dot org slash donate