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People who practice Islam thought it was necessary to maintain positive mental health in order to partake in prayer and other religious obligations. [3] Concepts from Islamic thought have been reexamined by Muslim psychologists and scholars in the 20th and 21st centuries. [4]
After providing a working definition of Islamic psychology, this chapter explores its historical and methodological origins, suggesting that its early success was due to Islamic scriptural motivation and inspiration, as well as to some intertwining socio-political factors.
Early Islamic philosophy began with Al-Kindi in the 2nd century of the Islamic calendar (early 9th century CE) and ended with Ibn-Rushd (Averroes) in the 6th century AH (late 12th century CE), broadly coinciding with the period known as the Golden Age of Islam.
Jan 9, 2021 · Traditionally, mainstream psychology mostly presented religion in a negative light. However, recent years have witnessed a growing realization that religion has a substantial role to play in improving physical and mental health. Given the importance of religion, the American Psychological Association (APA) has division 36 “Psychology of ...
- Naved Iqbal, Rasjid Skinner
- 2021
paper explores the contributions of early Muslim scholars (universal figures) to psychology and highlights the dilemmas posed by western psychology to Muslim professionals and clients followed by some general recommendations. The term "early" in the title of this paper denotes the first significant Muslim.
Sep 11, 2023 · Psychology has been the significant discipline since the time of antiquity which becomes more consolidated during the medieval age of Islam. It had a strong foundation in the professional writings of polymaths from the Islamic Middle Ages that were eventually transmitted to the West.
Muslim scholars from Islam’s rich intellectual history wrote about therapeutic rapport, psychiatric aftercare, and cognitive strategies for the treatment of depression centuries before their European counterparts.
