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Analysis of Psychological Counselors' Methods for Mental Security and Its Adaptation to Practical Methods from the Perspective of the Quran and Hadith

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Ali Rajabzadeh 1
Mohammad vali Asadi 2

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/ajsm.2024.78676.2018
Abstract
Extended Abstract

Introduction

Mental health, safety, and freedom from anxiety are essential human needs, especially in the present era, and in the absence of mental security, a healthy life is not possible. However, in the modern and machine-driven world, humans suffer greatly from a lack of mental security. Psychologist Kamyar Sanai points out that anxiety is the root of most mental problems and achieving mental peace has become an unattainable desire. Scientific advances have been effective in improving the quality of life, but at the same time have reduced mental peace and security. Many of the solutions offered by counselors are inadequate and even misleading without considering the spiritual dimension of man; for example, recommendations such as drinking special tea or consuming chocolate as a treatment for anxiety. These approaches have ignored the spiritual dimensions of man, and treating anxiety requires a comprehensive look at man. Islamic teachings can be a reliable source for treating mental illnesses and providing effective peace, because these teachings are in harmony with the real needs of man and show their positive results.

Literature Review

Numerous articles have been written about mental security, both from the perspective of the Quran and narrations and from the perspective of psychology.
The relationship between the feeling of security and mental health in the Holy Quran. (Fathi, 2018)
- Studies on maintaining mental health from the perspective of the Quran. (Moazedi, 2021)
- The Holy Quran and Mental Health. (Sadeghian, 2019)
 
2.1. perspective of psychology
17 important strategies for achieving peace in life, authored by: The Art of Life Collection.
How to Achieve Lasting Inner Peace, authored by: The Collection for a Better Life.
What is the mind in mania and how is it done, authored by: Family Counselors.
Obviously, in these backgrounds, peace itself and achieving it have been emphasized, but the present study, in addition to expressing the divine ways of peace of mind, also follows the criticism of some methods. Therefore, the innovation of the present article is that it tries to show the effective and practical teachings of Islam in creating peace of mind and criticize the ways that are recommended without paying attention to the spiritual dimension of man and prove their inadequacy.

Methodology

This research was conducted using a descriptive-analytical method by comparing the methods suggested by some psychological counselors on some psychological counseling websites with the practical methods of Islam in creating mental peace in a library manner.

Results

In this article, by examining the practical factors of peace from the perspective of Islam and the methods suggested by some online psychological counseling sites, the following results were obtained:
1- By examining the ways offered to achieve peace of mind in Islam and some psychological counseling sites, it was found that the ways recommended on counseling sites, due to the lack of a comprehensive view of humans, only focused on the physical dimension and were therefore ineffective and practically could not be fully successful in treating anxiety and mental illness.
2- Islam's strategies for preventing anxiety and mental illness and creating psychological security are based on God-centeredness (faith in God) and divine anthropology.
3- The methods offered in Islam for a comprehensive view of humans and attention to their physical and spiritual dimensions have shown successful experience in preventing anxiety and treating mental illness.
4- The mentioned Islamic solutions to prevent anxiety and mental illness, and to create psychological security, include: remembering God, trusting in God, piety, not being attached to the world, being patient with the hardships of life, praying and asking God to remove difficulties, and marriage.

Keywords

Practical Methods
Mental Security
Counseling
Psychology
Quran And Hadith
Subjects
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Seraje Monir
Volume 15, Issue 49
Summer 2024
Pages 137-166

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