When people go crazy, there are two reasons:
1) They have a mental health problem.
2) They have been possessed.
Questions:
- Is Exorcism an Islamic practice? Or is it a cultural thing?
- If it is, where does it differentiate between what is a medical problem and what is possession?
- Are we okay to disbelieve in the idea of someone being possessed?
I'm reading about Mental Disorders in the past...and they talk about it being a Christian ritual, a Hindu and Buddhism thing..etc...but why is Islam not included?
I think there is at least some Islamic opinion that it could be related to the jinn.
As for what form it takes and whether people can really get possessed, no idea.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
I love poetry and spiritual philosophy but they have no place in healthcare.
SO you don't think there will be a "surgery: the musical!"
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
thanks guys
I think the Greeks were the first ones to decide that insanity/madness was a problem with the brain.
When the Muslims translated the works, according to that BBC documentary that was linked to a while ago, the person translating the work added a sidenote or something to it adding something like "we now know that this is not true and that it is due to the jinn" and I think there is a hadith mentioning Jinn too.
But as Joie said, actual medical treatment is important (and if jinn can do such things, it does not mean they did. also, jinn can be translated in many ways and jinn in this context could be something different - the arabic word for madness is "majnun", which is drrived from "jinn" or something).
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.