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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.
Despite the fact that in 1979 Malik Badri cautioned Muslim psychologists against adopting Western theories and called for an Islamic paradigm of psychology, the majority of research efforts within this movement over the past 10 years have focused on cultural or religious adaptations of Western models (Haque et al. 2016).
There is a view that psychology should be regarded as a natural science (in the Western definition) concerned with objectively verifiable human behaviour—and, as such, is compatible with Islam and open to use by Muslims. This is essentially part of Badri’s position (Badri 1979).
Jan 9, 2021 · The development of Islamic psychology as an accepted paradigm would allow Muslim psychologists to include wisdom derived from Islamic sources in their research and theorizing and, ultimately, would also provide novel insights and methodologies for the study of religion and human behavior in general.
- Naved Iqbal, Rasjid Skinner
- 2021
This chapter will outline and discuss the first two components, namely a.) a proposed definition for Islamic Psychology and the methodology used to come up with that definition and b.) a conceptual framework to ground the discipline and unite scholarship. 3. Islamic Psychology: Not Quite Defined.
Jun 26, 2018 · As the name implies, Islamic psychology is based primarily on Islamic theology and worldview. Therefore, this chapter discusses Islamic perspectives of psychology based on the Qur’an and Hadith traditions of Prophet Muhammad.
Aug 27, 2023 · Notably, one of the greatest contributions of the Islamic civilization was creating institutions of healing that offered treatment for psychological illnesses: bimaristan. These hospitals followed Islamic principles of holistic healing of the mind, body, and soul .
