Is the severe postpartum depression that afflicted the wife, which affected her ability to supplicate, her desire to live, and her care for her son, a condition that requires turning to Allah and seeking a fatwa?

Depression may be due to organic or psychological causes, as determined by doctors, or due to the evil eye, jinn possession, or magic. Therefore, ruqyah (Islamic exorcism) is necessary, and one must beware of charlatans. It is obligatory to humbly supplicate to Allah to relieve distress, and to remind the patient of the importance of patience, and that illness is an expiation for sins and a means of raising one's rank. Her behavior should also be monitored for fear of harm to the child.