My tl is swarming with tweets about depression vs praying.
Dperession is a mental illness that it& #39;s caused by an imbalance in the neurotransmitters in the brain. It is not the same thing as feeling stressed after a long day of work and praying a few rak3as to calm yourself-

It is a long term illness which often requires medication and therapy. Praying five times a day will not cure your depression if you don& #39;t seek medical help, just like any physical illness. This is literally the basics of Islam. But yes praying five times a day will-

Bring you closer to Allah who will listen to your prayers and cure you, if He wills. Yes people shouldn& #39;t immediately associate depression with lack of prayer but you also have to understand that mental illnesses as such are only now being acknowledged in our communities-

So, instead of telling them to f*** off, educate them.