6^th International Congress of WIAMH

Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 13 – 15, 1999.

SOME ISLAMIC METHODS FOR PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PSYCHICAL HEALTH

Sead SELJUBAC

Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Muslim Secondary School of Behrambeg Tuzla, 75 000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

In order to preserve and improve ones psychical health, the human puts many efforts that sometimes result in good and sometimes in bad outcomes. This mostly depends on methods used during such practice. This paper presents only five out of a great number of methods offered by Islam, for the purpose of bringing one into psychical stability and balance and especially within the environment that leads to disturbance of such stability through its relation towards the world.

1. Strengthening of fundamental truths of faith
2. Persistence in practical duties given in the fundaments of belief
3. Practising of additional activities that are not strictly obligatory by Islam
4. Control over communication with others, control of speech, nutrition and sleeping
5. Watchful control over own psychical balance, timely discovery of symptoms that violate its timely elimination.

This paper will focus on the fourth phase, which understands that every person is continuously watching its behaviour and develops capabilities of self-control that is necessary for prevention of unhealthy and bad habits and development of mature forms of behaviour and a healthy way of living.

Key words: Islam – Control over Communication – Control of Speech – Control of Nutrition – Control of Sleeping – Psychical Health

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