Question:
Assalamualaikum.
How to cure emotional disturb?i have bad thoughts and swear to islam, allah and his rasul-rasul. It makes me feel doubt about my deen, islam practice.
I feel confuse, lost. I feel was-was about myself, life. I feel stressful and it is unpleasant feeling too. Im not sure about my life here. I already tried to feel positive and clarify myself but still i will go back to it. Im not sure my way. I dont know how to make first step again, im scare i will fail and feel insecure.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Insha-Allah Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani is praying for your upliftment.
The first step is to repent sincerely, make ghusl, pray 2 raka`ts of Tawbah, and ask Allah to forgive you through the intermediation of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) by reciting:
السلام عليك يا رسول الله إني سمعت قول الله تعالى (وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُواْ أَنفُسَهُمْ جَآؤُوكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُواْ اللّهَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُواْ اللّهَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا) وإني اتيتك يا رسول الله مستغفرا ذنبي مستشفعا بك الى ربي
As-salamu `alayka ya Rasul-Allah. Inni sami`tu qawl allahu ta`ala: Wa law annahum idh zhalamoo anfusahum ja’ooka fa ’staghfaroollaha w ’astaghfara lahumu’r-rasoolu la-wajadoollaha tawwaban raheema . Wa inni ataytuka ya Rasulullahi mustaghfiran dhanbi mustashfi`an bika ila rabbi.
“Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah! I have heard Allah saying: {If they had only, when they were unjust to themselves, come unto thee and asked Allah’s forgiveness, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah indeed Oft-returning, Most Merciful}( 4:64), so I have come to you asking forgiveness for my sin, seeking your intercession with my Lord.”
Then most important after this is to take baya` (initiation) with a guiding murshid. We recommend to take online baya` with Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani.
Taher Siddiqui
