Al-Marsad newspaper: Dr. Ahmed Al-Ammar, a doctor specializing in public health, criticized the sermon of an imam and mosque preacher during Friday prayers yesterday regarding some people suffering from heart disease and depression due to distance from God.
Al-Ammar said: May God guide him to the preacher’s Friday sermon. He said a lot of words that bothered me, and unfortunately this thing or idea exists among more than one person.
The connection between heart disease and contemporary problems
He continued: Al-Khatib mentioned that heart diseases are one of the problems of our time, such as anxiety, depression, and obsessions. This is incorrect talk and cannot be accepted by reason or logic.
He continued: It is not logical that a person who suffers from depression is because he has a problem in his heart or is far from God Almighty, nor is it that a person who is afflicted with cancer is an afflicted person because if God loves a servant, he afflicts him. We are not qualified to give fatwas to someone who is close to God and to whomever. far from it .
Atheists do not get depressed
He added: There are people close to God and sheikhs who suffer from depression, and there are people who are atheists and who do not suffer from depression. Just because I am depressed does not mean that I am far from God. We must overcome this complex.
Mental illness and reading the Qur’an
He added: Reading the Qur’an is healing and hearts are reassured by the remembrance of God, but this does not mean that the afflicted person does not read the Qur’an and is far from God. We must overcome this idea. Mental illness is like any other illness and every person is vulnerable to it.
He continued: Such thoughts make the injured person not be treated and resort to other methods, causing complications with undesirable consequences. We must overcome this obstacle.
Our preacher today mentioned an “annoying” phrase during the sermon. It is sad that it is repeated until now.
*The video is to clarify the idea and not to talk about the person. pic.twitter.com/fBZiMllr0n
– Dr. Ahmed Al-Ammar (@Dr_alammar1) February 2, 2024
2024-02-02 21:45:00
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