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Question: How can I overcome my eating disorder?
Asalaam-o-alaykum,
I have a problem that Ive suffered from for the last decade since I was a young teen to now, as an adult woman. I sometimes get better but ultimately I keep relapsing into an eating disorder.

I feel very upset that I am unable to control the urge to binge and purge food, I feel shame and guilt for the waste and for harming myself in this way. How can I find the strength to overcome this problem? I have made dua but I would like to know what else I can and should do to be free of this mental disorder
 
 
Answered by: Ulamaa ID 04 (London)
Date: 17/05/2024 23:47pm

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الجواب حامدا ومصليا

Continue to make Dua to Allah to help you in this struggle and to give you the strength to overcome this problem. Don’t give up, have hope in Allah.

"Truly no one despairs of Allah's Soothing Mercy except those who have no faith. (Surah Yusuf 12:87)

Remind yourself with the Quran that states to eat moderately without excess.

“Eat of the good things We have provided for your sustenance, but commit no excess therein” (Surah Taha 20:81).

With the Hadith that states, “No man fills a vessel worse than his stomach. A few mouthfuls that would suffice to keep his back upright are enough for a man. But if he must eat more, then he should fill one third (of his stomach) with food, one third with drink and leave one third for easy breathing” (Ahmad).

If this has become clinical you must seek professional help.

May Allah grant you Shifa. Ameen.

Only Allah Knows Best

07 Dhul Qa’dah 1445/ 15 May 2024
Mufti Qamruzzaman

London, UK
 
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