Therapy from the Quran and Hadith

by Ibn Kathir, ابن كثير

The re-emergence of Islamically - centred therapy has increased over the past few decades. This has been motivated by the need for a therapeutic approach to treating mental illness that is ideologically acceptable within the boundaries of Shari'ah. This has become a concern not only for Muslim therapists and their patients but in fact for all Muslims, as part of their adherence to Islam and towards improving their Iman. Muslim psychologists around the world are working hard at developing faith -based models of therapy that are acceptable to their peers and Muslim scholars alike. This book is precisely that; An easy-to-use collection of Qur'anic ayaat and authentic ahadith and their interpretations, that allow bi idh nillah individuals to challenge distressing psychological thoughts and behaviors. Written by an experienced clinical psychologist, the text may be used as a therapeutic aid or reference for clinicians or simply as a general guide to character development. The use of analogy means that the book is relevant to both Muslims and non-Muslims alike with the aim of using guidance from Islam to alleviate difficulties and to improve our understanding of human distress. Only the Creator best knows the creation.

Genres: Islam, Psychology

354 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 15, 2013

About the author

ابن كثير
Abu Al-Fida' Isma'il Ibn Kathir Al-Dimashqi

Reviews

[Farah Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

The cover of the book refers to this as a reference guide...which is a good description. The information is presented in themes. Each theme is briefly introduced followed by the ayaat and a brief interpretation of it, inferences are then offered related to clinical issues, where relevant, ahadith have also been added. It was a good read and I was prompted to make dua whilst reading it. I would have much preferred it if this book was written more in essay format in the style of Yasmin Mogahed's 'Reclaim your heart'...But as it says on the front cover it is meant to be a reference guide...it would be nice if in the future another book could be written based on the themes in this book and adapted into a self help style book with themed chapters or essays exploring the themes in a more detailed conversational way like Yasmin Mogahed's book.