Mental health from an Islamic perspective

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Abstract

Islamic thought, through the writings of its thinkers, or the references that have contained in psychological opinions and views, including hints about  the treatment of psychological diseases. The study shed light on the features of its approach and gives students follow-up perceptions of the soul and its health, including advice and instructions, so that one enjoys health and psychological comfort.

But the lack of interest in extracting psychological treasures from the heart of those who wrote them down and made them remain in the space of neglect and covered by the dust of indifference, which needed to raise the foundation from them again, and dress them in the suit of tracking and investigation, their pain boasts the most beautiful pomp of study, explanation and comparison with other educational opinions and psychology in the present tense.

Therefore, taking care of these treasures, and presenting them to those who work in this field, as a package of advice and diagnosing medication for psychological problems, takes great importance, because it serves the heritage and preserves its servants, by guiding them and giving them doses of hope and longing in their souls, so that they can benefit from it in their life and learning.

In all this, the researcher used the methodological analysis and description, in his extrapolation of what was mentioned in this field, an analysis to benefit from those treasures, and to confirm the strategies contained within them that can be referred to if needed.

Nevertheless, Islamic thought has acknowledged psychological problems and their diseases, talked about them, and described the treatment for their afflicted, and indicating their danger to the soul and body, and warned against their consequences that lead to pessimism, laziness and discouragement, which hinders his life, and he cannot perform the God’s rights over him, and make his days hard, melancholy, full of heaviness, despair and confusion.