Can somebody recommend a article or post some good thoughts on how to cope with negativity from an Islamic perspective, thanks, also sincere prayers are appreciated as well, I suffer from anxiety and I feel like I have to keep thinking to problem solve small and big issues…Allah is in control and sometimes I feel responsible and fault find myself saying I should have prayed harder or worked harder,or not done such and such, I put this pressure on myself and carry it with me.
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Anybody going to Hajj do remember me in your prayers, please. I want to have complete sincerity in my prayers, and I want them to be heartfelt...
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May Allah SWT make things easy for you.
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Thank you, I pray this too. Haven't been sleeping well either. good sleep is a blessing. Good times are a blessing.
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Peace polished gems,
Please read these duas. [click on image to enlarge]
“O Allah, I am Your slave and the son of Your male slave and the son of your female slave . My forehead is in Your Hand (i.e. you have control over me) . Your Judgment upon me is assured and Your Decree concerning me is just . I ask You by every Name that You have named Yourself with , revealed in Your Book , taught any one of Your creation or kept unto Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen that is with You , to make the Qur’an the spring of my heart, and the light of my chest, the banisher of my sadness and the reliever of my distress.”
O Allah , I seek refuge in you from grief and sadness, from weakness and from laziness, from miserliness and from cowardice, from being overcome by debt and overpowered by men (i .e . others) .
**References:
**a) Ahmad 1/391, and Al-Albani graded it authentic.
b) Al-Bukhari 7/158. See also Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/173.
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Can you read Urdu?
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Thank you for the dua, I will use these too... Kinzzz I can't read urdu, very minimal, I can only read recipes from urdu cookbooks or magazines after some exposure I had in my early college days, but for the life of me I can't read anything else
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Can somebody recommend a article or post some good thoughts on how to cope with negativity from an Islamic perspective, thanks, also sincere prayers are appreciated as well, I suffer from anxiety and I feel like I have to keep thinking to problem solve small and big issues...Allah is in control and sometimes I feel responsible and fault find myself saying I should have prayed harder or worked harder,or not done such and such, I put this pressure on myself and carry it with me.
Just as people try to find the treatment of negativity in religion and try to engage in religious activities, **too much of religious activity and reading selective areas of religion itself can make people sad and anxious.
People develop unnecessary fear and doubts in their acts this way.
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It is not the praying harder but it is the** simple sincereity **in praying which perhaps matters most.
If anyone does not find satisfaction after praying then there must be something wrong in the way the person is praying.
Please remember, the prayer/Ibadat is not for Allah, it is for you and if you are not happy or content after praying and think you need to do more (beyond what is essentials) then change the way you think.
One should be confident on Allah to accept any sincere prayers...hard or easy.
No need to do religious rituals all the time and also focus on inter-personal affairs such as meeting people, help people by some kind of social acts for the needy or sick individuals.
That definitely will bring calm and peace in your mind along with doing the essentials of Ibaadaat.
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Wow diwana, I think you answered my question by validating my thoughts, ive come to the conclusion that I think I need to change the way I think and trust Allah, I need to restore my confidence and believe. besides praying I don't do anything extra but I do love to read about Islam and leisure reading in general....
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Wow diwana, I think you answered my question by validating my thoughts, ive come to the conclusion that I think I need to change the way I think and trust Allah, I need to restore my confidence and believe. besides praying I don't do anything extra but I do love to read about Islam and leisure reading in general....
Welcome! :)