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How can one deal with suicidal thoughts and addiction to watching pornography, mend a strained relationship with parents, and restore closeness to Allah after drifting away and committing sins?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Allah, the Most Glorified, the Most High, has placed contentment and joy in obedience to Him, and distress and gloom in negligence and sin. Worry and grief are often a result of sins, as He, the Almighty, said: "And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, for him will be a constricted life." Sins bequeath a sense of alienation between a person and their Lord and people, and make matters difficult. Neglecting obligations leads to committing forbidden acts and the dominance of devils.

Therefore, one should review their relationship with Allah, renew repentance, and be persistent in supplicating to remove distress, avert the evils of the soul, and the stratagems of Satan, and abandon watching forbidden things. The idea of suicide must be rejected because it is one of the greatest sins and leads to greater misery. As for the relationship with parents, one must remember the greatness of their rights, be patient with them, show affection towards them, and frequently supplicate for them.

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