PART 1 Lina had just reached her adolescent stage when she was diagnosed with PCOD. Initially, she was not worried about her disorder but her concern began to grow as friends and neighbours started pointing at her due to the weight she began to gain. Soon she became more conscious of how she appeared in […]
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I thought I’d share some learnings from a lecture series by ISIP and Al-Ghazali Chair (ISTAC-IIUM) on Imam Ghazali’s perspective on the human psyche being conducted by Dr Osman Bakar, current holder of the Al-Ghazali chair at ISTAC. Look After Your Soul We all know that our soul is from God. But it gets impacted […]
Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression.Elizabeth Kubler-Ross in her book ‘On Dying and Grief’ stated that these are the stages of Grief.Grief is inevitable. So are the feelings of emptiness, sorrow, withdrawal, hopelessness and helplessness. During these difficult trials we Muslims have the comfort of Allah’s words: إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرٗا ٦ (94:6)‘Certainly, only after difficulty is […]
A hundred times I am pressed,back and forth, between words.Do they know I know it all,of what lies in their hearts at all? The spaces they fill with words,and the spaces they skip and leave,I can take it all back,faster than a blink.Do they know I see it all,Their wishes and desires overall? I am […]
Imagine a fiction of a nation on a mission to uncover some secrets in a dungeon. This mission is expected to take years of effort to be accomplished. Periodically new officers are recruited to replace the fallen or substitute the injured ones. Upon their recruitment, the chief commandant of the mission has a complete profile […]
One of the reasons why it is difficult for most humans to give up potions of their wealth is the notion of entitlement or a false belief that the wealth they own is due to their hard work. More unfortunate is that most of us perceive the possession of wealth as “the source” of survival […]
The religion establishes the relationship between the creation and the Creator, and the Salat (Islamic worship/prayer – whose root word means to connect) is the connection to establishing the relationship. Therefore, the adhan (call to worship) is the call to connect to Allah. The call is pronounced five times daily as a reminder that Allah […]
Whenever the word purification is mentioned, the concept that comes to most minds is the cleanliness of an object, so cleansing for rituals is automatically associated with purification of the body from filth. Imam al-Ghazali redirects our attention to the reality of purity. Purification is an integral part of worship but is not limited to […]
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Every living organism needs a constant supply of energy to survive for each temporary or transient journey it takes. For human beings, food is essential for survival, especially for nourishment and energy to carry out their activities. Too much food will however lead to laziness or render one inactive. This means that food must be […]
International Student of Islamic Psychology (ISIP) prides itself as an open space to connect people with diverse backgrounds interested in Islamic Psychology through knowledge sharing, awareness creation and reaching global audiences. Working towards the development of a global standard practice for Islamic Psychology (IP) and increasing the awareness for academic research and studies. In addition […]