Frustration and Depression

Q: last year i got much tensed because of some weird thinking that went coming in my mind UN-intentionally regarding to deen and other religious  matters. i had never thought of such painful condition because i really had a fear that not knowing, somewhere i may not get out of my deen. i  fought and fought with such pain thousand times a day and made taubah each time bcecause i could never think of such bad things. it became difficult for me to combat this condition. i could not make i'tkaaf because of this frustration. now a year has passed, and i feel much better. but still i remain scary each time that again that bad thinkina will hit my mind and i will get disappointed. please guide ma in the light of shari'ah that what should i do to cancal out this fight permanantly so that i may get easy in making prayer. because i am too much scary that whether ALLAH will  forgive or not.

A: If you have committed a sin (which is bothering you), then sincerely repent to Allah Ta’aala for the sin you committed, Insha Allah, Allah Ta’aala will forgive you; Allah Ta’aala is all forgiving and merciful. If you have unjustly caused pain to any person or usurped his rights, then seek forgiveness from him with fulfilling his rights. Apart from this, if any thoughts or doubts of something that has not occurred enter your mind, then do not entertain it nor pay any attention to it. You will not be accountable for the stray thoughts that cross your mind.

وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال : جاء ناس من أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فسألوه إنا نجد في أنفسنا ما يتعاظم أحدنا أن يتكلم به قال أو قد وجدتموه قالوا نعم قال ذاك صريح الإيمان (رواه مسلم باب بيان الوسوسة في الإيمان وما يقوله من وجدها 1/79)

وعن ابن عباس أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال إن الله تجاوز عن أمتي الخطأ والنسيان وما استكرهوا عليه رواه ابن ماجه والبيهقي (مشكوٰة المصابيح ص584)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

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