Mental Health in Islamic Law Highlighting Its Importance and Therapeutic Means

Abstract

The importance of this study lies in the fact that it reveals the profound attention Islamic law has given to mental health, while also highlighting the principal methods prescribed for its enhancement and preservation.

Accordingly, the central research problem revolves around the following question: What is the importance of mental health for the individual in Islam, and what are the most significant means stipulated by Islamic law to promote it?

This study seeks to demonstrate the importance attributed by Islamic law to mental health, clarify the most prominent methods and approaches prescribed to strengthen it, and identify the objectives and purposes underlying these means.

The study concludes that:

Islamic law was pioneering in emphasizing the importance of mental health and in advocating care for it.

Islamic law prescribed a number of therapeutic approaches to enhance an individual’s mental well-being, among the most important of which are: strengthening the spiritual and faith-based dimension, encouraging optimism while combating despair and frustration, fostering contentment and inner satisfaction, and others.