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Feb 17, 2004 · Discover the Islamic perspective on mental illness, including conditions like schizophrenia and depression. According to Islam, psychiatric diseases are seen as trials from Allah, offering an opportunity for expiation of sins. While lack of faith can contribute to these issues, mental illnesses are also recognized as physical and psychological ...
Mental health" is related to the health of the "soul", the "spiritual heart", or one's "core". [5] As all action ultimately stems from the spiritual heart, its soundness is paramount to the health of the physical body and use of our faculties, including one's mental faculties or intellect (‘aql). [5] Practices related to maintaining the ...
- Mens Rea & Criminal Responsibility
- Insanity
- Involuntary Admission
The concept of mens rea, the guilty intention, is fully accepted in the Islamic law. There is no crime if there is no criminal intention. The significance of the subjective element of a criminal action (and not only of the result of this action) gradually emerged in the Western Europe through the “publication” of the criminal law, which reached its...
There is tripartite classification of insanity in the Islamic law: (a) absolute or continuous, (b) intermittent, and (c) partial. In the case of intermittent insanity, it has to be proven that the mental disorder was active at the time of the criminal act for the defendant to be found not guilty by reason of insanity. Otherwise, if the disorder was...
A pivotal issue addressed in the Islamic law, lying in the interface between law and psychiatry, is the concept of involuntary admission of mental health patients. According to the principle of Al-Hajjer, the state can undertake the financial management of a person’s fortune, if he does not manage it “properly.” By extending the application of this...
- Georgios A. Tzeferakos, Athanasios I. Douzenis
- 2017
A pivotal issue addressed in the Islamic law, lying in the interface between law and psychiatry, is the concept of involuntary admission of mental health patients. According to the principle of Al-Hajjer, the state can undertake the financial management of a person’s fortune, if he does not manage it “properly.”.
Whilst “folk models” of mental illness do exist in lay discourse amongst contemporary Muslim communities, which echo to some extant European frameworks of healing and illness in the Middle Ages, the contemporary movement of Islamic psychology being developed by Muslim mental health scholars may be seen as a reclamation of the Islamic teachings and frameworks in mental health during the ...
Psychiatric services in Islam, according to Western standards, are somewhat limited. This issue is being addressed through epidemiological studies, provision of new services and policy development. Although mental health legislation is not universal, forensic psychiatry has a role, in many ways similar to that in the West. Conclusion: Islam is ...
justice and benevolence. Islamic psychiatry has a proud early history, and advances are occurring. There is an opportunity for the profession of psychi-atry to bridge religious, ethnic and cultural boundaries. Key words: forensic psychiatry, Islam, psychiatry, Sharia. he aim of the present paper is to explore psychiatry in Islam.
