{"id":38943,"date":"2020-10-07T08:04:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T06:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=38943"},"modified":"2020-10-07T08:24:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T06:24:33","slug":"listen-should-mild-symptoms-of-a-mental-disorder-be-mentioned-at-a-marriage-proposal-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/listen-should-mild-symptoms-of-a-mental-disorder-be-mentioned-at-a-marriage-proposal-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"[LISTEN] Should Mild Symptoms of a Mental Disorder be Mentioned at a Marriage Proposal or Not?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Faizel Patel \u2013 07\/10\/2020<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Twitter: @FaizelPatel143<\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If a person has mild symptoms of a mental disorder like depression, anxiety or Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), should it be mentioned at a marriage proposal or not?<\/p>\n

As part of mental awareness month in October, Radio Islam posed this question to its listeners with many sharing valuable feedback and advice.<\/p>\n

Reading out some of the responses, Radio Islam morning drive presenter Ml Sulaimaan Ravat indicated that majority of the responses showed that the mild symptoms of a mental disorder should be disclosed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe challenge for those who want to disclose it is that they probably fear that if we disclose it, it should not be that it becomes a game changer, a deal breaker that ok I was interested in marrying you, but now that you tell me you suffer from mild depression, I am sorry, I don\u2019t think I can risk it. It is because of the kind of stigma and also the kind of lack of knowledge that exists around these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ml Ravat also shared the sentiments and comments from Radio Islam listener Dr Haroon Issa, a clinical psychologist.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Disorders (DSM), if a mental health professional determines if there is no impairment in social and occupational functioning and doesn\u2019t warrant further treatment, what would be the purpose of announcing this at a marriage proposal be. Islam does promulgate to us the middle path and I agree with some of the comments. A meeting of mind should happen between the Ulama and the psychological profession because we obviously trained in a Eurocentric model which may sometimes not always coincide with the Shari\u2019ah.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what are your thoughts or comments? Should mild symptoms of a mental disorder be disclosed at a marriage proposal or not?<\/p>\n

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Listen to the discussion by Ml Sulaimaan Ravat\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n