The Cure for Depression « Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil.

Another in a series about depression, religion, and society. In this case, it's a reflection about depression and Islam:

The Cure for Depression « Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil.: "Any Muslim who makes a dua and his dua does not contain a request for anything sinful or anything regarding the severance of family ties, Allah grants him one of three things most assuredly, namely,

1. ) What he has asked is granted immediately, or
2. ) What he has asked is saved for him as a treasure in the Aakhirah, or
3. ) Allah wards away some calamity from him in lieu of the object asked for.”

In other words, if we ask for something in prayer, the answer is one of three things:

1. Yes
   
2. Not now
   
3. Not this