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Coping with Mental Disabilities and Struggling with Faith: Any Suggestions?

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Q: I would like to say first that I have a mental disability with schizo affective disorder and I have ocd and slip personality disorder. I have a difficult time doing mentally “knowing Allah is doing everything, controlling everything, saying insha Allah all the time, and using my body, and using the “means”, and having correct intentions. Its very hard for me to do this. Do you have any suggestions on how to make this easier? Doing basic things are ultimately failing and I have no idea how to do this well. Forgive me for everything.

Bismillaah

A: Don’t worry about this. Just continue like your normal self. May Allah help you.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.