This audio is due to Allah's

We praise him and we seek his help and we seek refuge in Allah from the whisperings of our souls and the evils of Satan.

Verily whomever Allah guides none can misguide and whomever he chooses to misguide none can guide him

back to the straight path. I bear witness and I testify that there is no deity

worthy of our worship other than Allah Subhana with al-A-A-Lah and that Muhammad Salahla is the final messenger

and the most perfect worshipper.

Allah Subhana what Taala has said in the Quran,

yeah you haladina a man,

takulah ha ha hakah katuh kahathu kahah,

wala, tamutu no ilah want to Muslim moon.

Oh, you who believe, be conscious of Allah and have takwa of Allah as is deserving of Allah and do not die except in a state of Islam.

My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, today's Kotba is going to be about a topic that many consider to be taboo.

Many do not wish to talk about it publicly, and it is the topic of depression. Statistics estimate that one in 15

people roughly in this country suffer from depression and the problem or one of the problems around depression is that and we have seen this especially in the last year or two

because it is taboo to discuss many of our own members who are struggling

with depression don't know where to turn to. They feel uncomfortable going to family and friends.

Community deems it to be a type of illness that nobody talks about.

Most of the scholars in Ullama and imams and Shechs, and I am one of them of them and I tell you from an insider's perspective.

Most of us are clueless when it comes to how to treat actual depression. In the last few years and especially in the last few months I

myself have heard of a number of my colleagues and friends across the country

telling me of suicides that are taking place in our own Masajid communities.

Masjid goers who are, we see Kala's refuge, finding no

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