When You Feel Bad

clipped from www.islamonline.net There are days in our lives when we wake up and feel like a heavy gray cloud is hovering above our heads. In that moment everything seems so bleak, so hopeless and you can’t seem to shake it off. It may be you feel that way for a particular reason or perhaps you can’t quite seem to understand why you feel so bad. Some people think that if they feel down or bad about themselves that they have weak faith. However, this is not necessarily the case. If we look at the life of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) we can identify a few times that he felt bad: when he lost his newborn son - when his daughter Ruqayya passed away, he used to sit beside her grave and weep for her - when he lost his most beloved wife and companion, Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) when he lost his uncle Abu Talib who used to protect him