Q 7: My wife was inflicted by a psychological disease that caused her to fear everything and she could not stand by herself. Another person has the same case and can not go to the Masjid (mosque) to perform Salah in congregation. He asks: What is the cure for his case in order not to resort to soothsayers and charlatans?
A: There is no disease but it has a cure according to Allah's Will. However, some people know it while others do not. Allah has made the Qur'an and the Sunnah a cure for all physical and psychological diseases. This cure has proven its beneficial effects on people in countless cases.
Man may experience certain conditions that cause him fear and panic without knowing the reason for it.
Indeed, Allah has placed countless goodness, safety, and cure in what He revealed to His Prophet (peace be upon him).
I advise these two questioners and others to use the Shar`y Dhikr, which brings about safety, tranquility, peace, and protection from Satan's tricks. For example, they may recite Ayatul Kursy (the Qur'anic Verse of Allah's Chair [Surah AlBaqarah, 2:255] Allâh! Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), AlHayyulQayyum (the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists). Until the end of the Ayah.
It is the greatest and the best Ayah in the Book of Allah, for it stresses the Creed of the Oneness of Allah and devotion to Allah (may He be Praised). It also shows His sublimity and that He is the Ever Living, the Owner of everything, and nothing weakens Him. This Ayah is regarded as the best and greatest one in the Qur'an.
When a person reads this Ayah after each Salah and before going to bed, it protects him from all evils. The Prophet (peace be upon him) is reported to have said that whoever recites it once upon going to bed, there will be a guardian divinely appointed to protect him/her during the night and no Satan will be able to come near him until morning.
The patient should try this prescription and he will not see harmful things provided that he believes in the truth that the Prophet (peace be upon him) conveyed composedly in certain belief that the Prophet (peace be upon him) only tells the unquestionable truth.
Allah has ordained that a male and female Muslim should recite Surah AlIkhlas (no: 112) after every Salah: Say (O Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ): "He is Allâh, (the) One. In addition, a Muslim should recite AlMu`awwidhatayn [Surahs AlFalaq (no: 113) and AlNas (no: 114)] after each Salah.
The recitation of these three Surahs forms a cause of having good health, safety, and cure from all evils. Indeed, Say (O Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ): "He is Allâh, (the) One. equals one third of the Qur'an.
It is a Sunnah for a person to recite these three Surahs thrice after Fajr (Dawn) and Maghrib (Sunset) Prayer. Likewise, a person should recite them thrice upon going to bed to have security and good health, tranquility and safety against all evils, according to the authentic reports of the Prophet in this regard.
A person should also seek refuge thrice in the morning and in the evening saying: I seek refuge in the Perfect Words of Allah from the evil of what He has created. The reported Hadiths indicate that these words bring about safety. In the Name of Allah with Whose Name there is protection against every kind of harm on the earth or in the heaven. He is the AllHearing and AllKnowing thrice every morning and every evening.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said that who recites it three times in the morning is not harmed by anything until the evening comes. He who recites it (three times) in the evening is not harmed by anything until the morning comes.
These formulae of Dhikr and supplications of the Qur'an are reasons for maintaining peace and security from all evils.
Thus, every believing man and woman should recite them regularly with sincerity and faith,
putting his trust in Allah and depending upon Him. Indeed, Allah is the One who manages every thing and in Whose Hand is giving, deprival, benefiting, and harming, and is the Owner of everything.
He should also believe that the Messenger (peace be upon him) is the most truthful one because he does not speak of (his own) desire. Allah says: By the star when it goes down (or vanishes). Your companion (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) has neither gone astray nor has erred. Nor does he speak of (his own) desire. It is only a Revelation revealed.
May Allah's Best Peace and Blessings be upon him.