Anxiety, faith, and the questions nobody answers

Most anxiety advice ignores your deen, and most religious advice ignores your anxiety. These guides refuse to do either. They are written plainly, for Muslims who are tired of choosing between the two.

Faith and guilt

Is anxiety a sign of weak iman?

The question underneath almost every Muslim's anxiety, and the answer that the Qur'an and the seerah actually give. Includes what to do with the guilt itself.

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In the moment

What to recite during a panic attack

A short, ordered sequence for the moment anxiety peaks, including panic during salah. Built to be followed when you cannot think clearly.

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Tawakkul

Tawakkul when you cannot stop worrying

Trust in Allah is not passivity, and it is not a switch you flip. Here is what tawakkul looks like as a daily practice when your mind will not settle.

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Waswas

Waswas or OCD: how to tell the difference

Intrusive thoughts, repeated wudu, and doubt about whether your prayer counted. Where waswas ends and a treatable condition begins.

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Dhikr and shukr

Dhikr for anxiety, used properly

Which adhkar help most when you are anxious, how many times to say them, and why counting on a tasbih does something your racing mind cannot.

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Ramadan

Anxiety during Ramadan

Why the second week is often the hardest, how fasting interacts with anxiety and medication, and what to do when you feel distant from Allah in the month you expected to feel closest.

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Students

Dua for exam stress

The duas that fit an exam, what to do when your mind empties in the hall, and the family pressure that was never really about the paper.

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Choosing an app

An Islamic alternative to Headspace and Calm

An honest comparison of the mainstream meditation apps, the Muslim ones, and where Sabrly fits. Written so you can pick correctly, including if that is not us.

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A note on what this is. These guides are written to help you understand your own experience and to point you toward practices that many Muslims find steadying. They are not medical advice, and they are not a substitute for diagnosis or treatment by a qualified professional. If your anxiety is affecting your ability to work, study, sleep or pray, please speak to your GP or a registered therapist. In the UK you can self refer to NHS Talking Therapies without going through your GP. If you are in crisis, call 999, or call Samaritans free on 116 123 at any hour.

Reading helps. Having something to open at 2am helps more.

Sabrly gives you a guided practice for the moment anxiety actually hits, built on evidence based techniques and rooted in tawakkul, dhikr and shukr.

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