Q & A 169 – From S in Berkeley, California

“I need a ruqya in the bay area. I believe I have a mental anxiety illness. Please contact me” Submitted on 2014/04/05 at 6:34 pm

At 6:40 I arrived and S was standing across street waiting for me.  As soon as I got out from my car, S called my name then walked toward me.  My son was not home yet so I went in the house and told S that I would pray first.  I took a wudu, changed my cloth then prayed while S was seating in the living room alone.  When I finished praying S was telling me his story how his anxiety started etc.  He said he went to visit his aunt in France a few months ago and he was OK but it’s approximately this past month he is being attach with the feeling of anxiety which prevented him for living a normal life.  His anxiety is in his head, his thought, and everything else in his body is normal, he does not have unusual heart bit and all seems normal except his thought and his head.  He is studying at SFSU and his anxiety made him difficult to focus to do his homework and essay.  He spent at least three times longer to do his essay because he couldn’t focus.  All he see seems to be not even and not normal especially when he is driving.  He does his daily prayer regularly, MasyaAllah.  Because his anxiety attack more severe when he is driving and he work for living as an Uber driver, so he has not been working as he should.  S came to see me once before, which was in April 2014, but after one session, he stopped and never came again until now, 20 months later.  While we were talking, Xxxx came down and seating in living room with us and shortly after that my son came home from work so the four of us talking and listening to S story.  Xxxx is an MD and based on what S story and what and how S’ anxiety was described Xxxx believes that his anxiety is not regular medical anxiety.  S asked me if it is OK for him to pray two-rakaat sunnah before the ruqyah session so I said OK.  S said that he is very grateful because Allah swt always answered his prayer (doa’) except his anxiety problem that is still happening.

As usual before I started, I told S that all I know is reciting verses of Qur’an and the cure is strictly from Allah swt so I asked him to make doa’ and hope Allah swt cures him this time.  I had him to seat on the floor facing directly of praying (Kiblat) then I started my the recitation.  Shortly after I started, I felt the pressure from the back of his neck and lower part the back of his head where I put my hand at and his feet were jolted a few times.  Xxxx was seating on the couch observing and he also noticed it.  S then asked me if it is OK to fold his feet and not to put them straight up because he said he felt the shaking in his feet and he thought that the cause was because the way he was seating.  Xxxx suggested to seat down on the chair so we moved the chair to where was seating on the floor before then I continued with the recitation.  My son Abdullah also noticed S feet was shaking and this time the shaking was even faster so I told Abdullah to put his hand on S leg and feet to feel the vibration then my son was moving his eyes around.  My son then turned on the video to record the session.

On Thursday December 27, 2016 – follow up session done on S.  But this time he was not shaking as much as the first time.  My colleague who was witnessing the entire time assured S that there was/were something in his body but they are very stubborn.

On Friday December 18, 2015 at 8:44 AM – Ruqyah.net wrote:

How was your sleep last night?  Any unusual happening?

S wrote:

“Nothing unusual, but normally I find it very easy to sleep however last night I had a lot of energy and did not sleep very much because I could not sleep until late.  Also I felt like  knot in my lower back the whole night like something was tight pressure in one spot in my lower back also I have not been able to wake up for fajr prayer for almost one month and today it was easier for me to wake up.”

ruqyah.net wrote:

Alhamdulillah insyaAllah if I can leave work at 3 on Tuesday so I can be at my son’s house around 3:30 so just prepared to be there around 3:30 ok I will txt you when I leave work.

By the way S, since you also speak Arabic, you can call me Khala or auntie or Tante they all same meaning I am insyaAllah 62 in 2016 most people call me Tante even Sxxx at my son’s place and all my students OK I just feel funny to be called just by my name other than at work  InsyaAllah see you on Tuesday.

S wrote:

“Ok no problem I will do that In Shaa Allah, Jazak Allahu Khair Khala I will see you Tuesday In Shaa Allah.”