Gift of ALLAH… Du’a

I was studying some disorders of mind in my course of psychology and its effects on
mind and behavior. So after studying it naturally we also have to study the cure of such
problems and while studying cures I felt something really special about ISLAM. And I
understood that our Islam has majority of cures about the psychological disturbance.

As it’s natural that we have to study the books written by foreign writers and no doubt
they are brilliantly written. As I told you earlier that we also have to study the cures and
treatments of such psychological problems like stress and conflicts and anxiety and
depression etc. so in that the cures were like. I will mention the basic points and then
relate them to my religion that is ISLAM and really the most best of all Alhamdulillah.
As when we try to relate science with Islam we come to know that science is proving
Islam 100% right.

Freud (father of psychology) used ‘Free association method’ in his therapies. In this
process, his clients (patients) use to build trust on him first and then use to share each and
every single thing of their life with him. By the process Freud mentioned that when the
client share his feelings, his unconsciousness and the sub consciousness burst out and he
feels mentally relaxed and satisfied. But the therapist has to be a very good listener and
very keen observer and he should know the person’s personality fully.

Now let me tell you what great PSYCHOLOGIST ALLAH (S.W.T) is...
Look as Freud gave us the theory of Free Association, ALLAH gave us this concept 1400
years ago and no doubt now I believe it is very rightly said that NAMAZ is a gift for
Muslims. Yes it is a gift. When we pray 5 times a days we do free association with our
ALLAH while doing dua. It is the fact, that many of the clients of Freud did not share the
real inner feelings with him but as a Muslim just think that when ever we pray we
whisper each and every thing to ALLAH (S.W.T) and how perfect listener HE is… He is
listening so silently and giving and blessing us as well. When we share our thing with
Allah SWT so openly our consciousness and sub-consciousness becomes light and
therefore we don’t face any stress, depressions, anxieties, worries and such kind of
psychological problems. See when we offer Salaah and after that when we start our dua.
It’s like we are talking with Allah for example “O My Allah make me brave. O My Allah
make me strong” and etc and see we are whispering our desires here and we are putting
out our wishes and that will unconsciously make us relax and tension free. That is why it
is said that the people who are regular in there Salaah they are fresh, relaxed, calm,
positive thinker….. Why this is so? It is because now our mind is free because we just
threw our tension out. Mind is such a powerful thing that if (ALLAH forbid) any single
chemical in it is disturbed it will destroy us and can lead us to such a horrible disorders
like schizophrenia. The most worst of all. So what causes this? The answer is high level
of Stress.

We feel fresh after Salaah because when we do dua with concentration we share
everything with ALL MIGHTY ALLAH and we are sure that HE is listening and no
doubt HE is. Alhamdulillah that is only why when our faith is strong and the thing which
we want is better HE provides us MASHALLAH and if not and we continuously desire
for it ALLAH will automatically take us away from it and when we have shared out thing
so confidently and we are sure that our secret is with ALLAH and its not going to leak so
we remain fresh. And when we will start to develop strong faith on ALLAH, we believe
that what ever will happen defiantly be best for us and that is what later becomes a reason
of our stress free life.

We remain relaxed because our sub consciousness is empty from tensions and urges and
desires as we have already shared them with Allah.
We are Calm because we know that ALLAH is listening and HE is a very good listener
which every human desires.

We think positively because we are not afraid of anyone. As we have shared out worries
and desires with ALLAH not with anyone else so we remain positive because we are
confident that our prayers and wishes are surely going to be fulfilled with the will of
ALLAH and if not then surely something is best behind it.
I have heard these lines in an English Nasheed by Zain Bhikha and really it’s so true its
like”Every thought I had and every word I share HE knows. ALLAH KNOWS”

So avail this opportunity and share your stuff with Allah not with people and share with
HIM by doing DUA. Dua is such a wonderful gift which Muslims have. And that is why
there is a wise saying “If you want to be respectful then keep your secrets with you.” So
with whom should we share with a confidence that our secret is not going to be leaked?
The answer is very simple… that is share your self with no one but ALLAH.

As a student of Psychology I observed this fact so I thought I should share it.

By Khushboo Mansoor Eshai