The beauty of Islam however, is that the Quran and Sunnah equip us with all that we need to be able to cope with such difficult situations and, insha Allah, I will highlight some in this article. If only people could view the trials of mental health in this way, then maybe we would have a much better opinion of those going through mental health problems, because Allah loves them and is erasing their sins for what they are enduring. Hence, to go through stress and trial is nothing to be frowned upon because this is Allah’s Mercy. We’ve all sinned at some point in our lives, so it would be a mercy from Allah to experience something that will ultimately expiate our bad deeds. “There is nothing that befalls a believer, not even a thorn that pricks him, but Allah will record one good deed for him and will remove one bad deed from him.” 2 The more you are tested that more you are loved by Allah, partly because it expiates your sins “If God wants to do good to somebody, He afflicts him with trials.” 1 It was narrated by Abu Huraira that God’s Messenger said: But what about the more common ‘everyday’ symptoms those that I can almost guarantee that everyone reading this has gone through at some point in their life? We all get stressed at times it’s part of life, part of Allah’s test and in fact, it is said that Allah tests those he loves most Typically when we think of mental health, we think of the more extreme symptoms delusions, hearing voices and a complete lack of contact with reality. We all run from mental health because of the connotations that it has. With all the talk of stigma in my article published in August and the feedback from the brothers and sisters who read it, it got me thinking of practical ways to address this as well as the mental health issues that are referred to when we talk about stigma.

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