The islamic psychology must be based on the islmic concept of human nature so that islamically authentic precepts may be developed. The islamic concept of human nature is an allencompassing, rooted with a thought that man is. The islamic concept of human nature is one which is fashioned for upbringing of ones life. One important concept in islamic education is the concept of fitrah.
What does the islamic concept of fitra primordial nature mean. Any negative representation of mans basic nature as a source of evil and wickedness is clearly rejected. At birth, the baby is totally innocent and is not responsible for the sin of his parents or any of his ancestors. The concept of human nature is central to both islamic. Here you can search for reliable material on different topics and can easily find material in. It is appropriate for us to begin this thesis with a chapter on the original nature of man fitrah because this concept throws light upon the islamic view of mans. Nature of man in islam recep dogan, charles sturt university, australia abstract. Muslims believe humans are the greatest of all creatures, created with. Pdf human psychology fitrah from islamic perspective. The islamic conception of human nature with special. The role of fitrah as an element in the personality of a dai in achieving the identity of a true dai zaizul ab.
Dignity is a fundamental right of every human being merely by virtue of his or her humanity. Human psychology fitrah from islamic perspective bhat. The nature of his creation as a being made from clay and a soul breathed into him by the. Jun 15, 2018 all 18 participants identified the concept of fitrah, defined as human nature or natural disposition, as being central to the conceptualization of an islamic psychology. For, islam denotes the path to which human nature and cosmic order point. Like the word al islam, the word deen also means, obedience and submission, among other meanings. As god states in the quran, we have honored the children of adam and carried them by land and sea. The model that gives a true picture of human nature and explains the problems of mental health, giving due attention to the spiritual aspect, is the islamic. This website provides a rare treasure of vast islamic literature consisting of hundreds of thousands of pages in unicode, images and pdf formats. Environment and education is that gives color to the paper. Islamic psychology introduction khurshid ahmad gives us a great summary related to islamic psychology. An allegory for the islamic concept of fitrah human nature. In the present paper an attempt has been made to explain human nature in islamic perspective.
As samuel zwemer states, nothing is right or wrong by nature, but becomes such by the fiat of the almighty. Rahman jabatan usuluddin dan falsafah islamic studies faculty universiti kebangsaan malaysia malaysia abstract in the era of fastpaced development, a dai is constantly faced with a variety of challenges as a result of. Since the doctrine of original sin features significantly in the christian concept of human nature, and as islam and christianity are the worlds largest revealed religions, this aspect of their creeds presents an interesting contrast, well worth investigating. According to islamic theology, human beings are born with an innate inclination of tawhid oneness, which is encapsulated in the fitra along with compassion, intelligence, ihsan and all other attributes that embody the. The notion of social life ingrained in the human mind, although a seemingly simple and mundane concept, is an invaluable one, for it is the cause of the. This website is for people of various faiths who seek to understand islam and muslims. Hashi department of biotechnology, kulliyyah of science, international islamic university malaysia iium abstract islamic ethics is the ethical system formed by the teachings of the qur.
The rationality of believing in god without evidence part 2 the andalusian project. Islamic concept of human nature islam for muslims nigeria. The purpose of this website is to present the ideology of shaykhul islam dr muhammad tahirulqadri in the form of digital library. The study uses a library research method which is descriptiveanalysis in nature while its analysis uses contentanalysis. The word din originates from the verb dana, which means believe or embrace any religion, faith and others. The purpose of this study is to examine the meaning of humankind in relation to the rest of creation, while drawing from a variety of perspectives. The islamic conception of human nature with special reference. Unlike in christianity, which insists that everyone is born into a state of original sin, the islamic faith begins with the premise that man is essentially a creature of goodness, and that any veering away from this norm is as a result of his socialisation and upbringing. Sdt is an empirically based approach to motivation in which autonomy is a core concept. The seed contains within it everything it needs to germinate, grow, and ultimately flower and bear fruit under the right conditions.
Pdf fitra and the self psychology of islam jalaledin. Islamic concept of knowledge welcome to islamic library. According to islam, human beings have both positive and negative aspect and a free will. Therefore, the empirism theory propounded by john locke view that people is white, like the paper has not been crossed out. Man shares some of his basic characteristics with animals, angels, and attributes of allah.
An allegory for the islamic concept of fitrah human nature by abdullah al andalusi on may 27, 2015 0. An example of how islamic law coincides with human nature fitrah rameez abid february 5, 2016 islam is the religion of the fitrah, which is often translated as natural disposition, nature, or innateness. Mar 16, 2011 islamic concept of balance in human nature. The way of the primordial human nature fitrah islam. An outline of its principles and scope abdurezak a. We have provided good sustenance for them and favored them specially. Considered from the viewpoint of their bodily structure, every human being and jinn, regardless of their religion, is muslim, since all bodies operate according to the laws determined for them by god. Thus it relates to the specifically human creation and exclude from its orbit other form of creation. The islamic concept of knowledge while it is an open question whether an explicit and systematically worked out islamic epistemology exists, it is undeniable that various epistemological issues have been discussed in muslim philosophy with an orientation different from that of western epistemology.
Islamic beliefs about human nature according to the quran, allah created man from a clot of blood at the same time he created the jinn from fire 96. An analytical approach is adopted to search the sources which contain information related to human nature in order to justify that religion has a strong voice to help humans to cognize the role of islamic psychology in human development. The concept of human rights political and moral approaches author. Muslims understand the role of prophet muhammad as endeavouring to facilitate this. To understand the notion of soul according to islamic perspective, it is appropriate to know first the fundamental of the truth and reality. Obviously, so long as the human being is what he is, his nature will remain the same. Concept of human rights the world today, has accepted the notion that all human beings are entitled to and are empowered for a dignified existence. Doc human nature in islamic perspective hasan ashraf. Another source of disagreement is the international nature of human rights. For example, a voice is sensed through ears, the colours through eyes, fragrance through nose, hot and cold through touch and bitter and sweet through tongue. Islams view of human nature, therefore, is an optimistic one.
Fitrah the islamic concept of human nature kajian dzuhur. The islamic concept of human nature mohamed, yasien on. This concept must be derived from the islamic legacy. It is a common phenomenon that human beings everywhere, demand the realization of diverse values to ensure their individual and collective wellbeing. This concept of fitrah, or human norm, which in a way comes close to the concept of conscience, means that man has an inborn awareness of what is true and good, for the simple reason that he was born as a human being.
It promotes a love of learning, higher quality learning and understanding, increased. In short, fitrah is a natural instinct in the form of tendencies that are present in every human being from the time they are born to this world. Din alfitrah according to alfaruqi and his understandings. The islamic concept of human nature paperback 1996 by yasien mohamed author. The paradoxical nature of these drives is that their energy, after being transformed so as to manifest its potential for good, can elevate the individual to the highest level, annafs almutmainnah. From what has been said till now, it may be inferred that the laws of nature are the most selfevident of all selfevident truths. The islamic concept of human nature is an allencompassing. Because amongst all rational principles there does not exist such a law which is not contradicted even by a single individual, and such a thing is the most evident of logical necessities and the most selfevident of all selfevident realities. The islamic concept of human nature and murtadha muthaharis alfitrah, translated into indonesian by afif muhammad as bedah tuntas fitrah. The motive force in islamic ethics is the notion that every human being is called to command the good and forbid the evil in all spheres of life. Islam does not presuppose any inherent wickedness of human nature.
Early muslims wrote extensively about human nature and called it ilmal nafsiat or selfknowledge. Alattas, the nature of man and the psychology of the human soul kuala. Islamic mysticism and the paradigm of fitrah ammar fauzi the islamic college, jakarta, indonesia it is expected that in the contemporary world, the amount of desperate need and great optimism could be reasonably considered in order to clarify, for example, how important and relevant theoretical islamic mysticism is to the contemporary world. The purpose of this website is to present the ideology of shaykhulislam dr muhammad tahirulqadri in the form of digital library. Contributions of early muslim scholars and challenges to contemporary muslim psychologists amber haque abstract. It contains a lot of brief, yet informative articles about different aspects of islam.
The concept of human nature is central to both islamic and western thought, as manifested in the rich legacy of literature on human psychology in both. To put the matter in terms of modern thought, human nature is malleable. That means he is at once physical being and spirit. There are a myriad of differing theories about the place and purpose of human. What allah forbids is sin, even should he forbid what seems to the human conscious right and lawful. The primary book source of this study is yasien muhammads book, fitrah.
The concept of fitrah is not identical with the empirism theory tabularasa theory. The consensus among participants was that fitrah posits that all human beings are born with the same sound nature, which most agreed is pure and which comes from and has a. That is why, the understanding of the worldview of islam is very important before discussing the concept of human soul. While the human rights discourse often has a strong international focus, some see human rights only as. Psychology from an islamic perspective springerlink. May 27, 2015 home islam an allegory for the islamic concept of fitrah human nature an allegory for the islamic concept of fitrah human nature by abdullah al andalusi on may 27, 2015 0 an allegory for the fitrah, is like a seed.
Thereby they cause praiseworthy qualities to emerge from within the self. The rationality of believing in god part 1 posted on august 16. Mar 17, 2004 islamic beliefs about human nature according to the quran, allah created man from a clot of blood at the same time he created the jinn from fire 96. In islam its difficult to know what is lawful, and even discerning between right and wrong is hard. Toward a framework for islamic psychology and psychotherapy. Islam is also called deen al fitrah, the religion of human nature, because its laws and its teachings are in full harmony with the normal and the natural inclination of the human fitrah to believe in and submit to the creator. Nature of man in islam csu research output charles sturt. The islamic concept of knowledge the islamic concept of. Please select ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway. What does the islamic concept of fitra primordial nature. Fitrah is also concomitant with core of islam and being born as a muslim denotes he confirms the reality of allah by his nature.
He sees a natural correspondence between human nature and islam as a value system and way of life. Here you can search for reliable material on different topics and can easily find material in order to present cogent. Qalb, nafs, and aql come into existence along with the infusion of the immortal ruh into the mortal body of man. The concept of din alfitrah before the concept of din alfitrah be discussed based on alfaruqis perspective, it is important that the term be defined generally. Environmental and other external influences keep on modifying his blueprint. This paper seeks to discuss the concept of fitrah in islam and its relation to islamic ethics. Sdt states that intrinsic motivation is present when something is inherently interesting or enjoyable.
As such, it provides for and satisfies the true human needs, not the illusory desires or what ones sentiments dictate. Then his parents make him a jew, a christian or a magian. The islamic concept of human nature and murtadha muthaharis al fitrah, translated into indonesian by afif muhammad as bedah tuntas fitrah. The term din alfitrah is a combination of two words, din and alfitrah. Fitra is an arabic word that is usually translated as original disposition, natural constitution, or innate nature. He god created man and appointed for each human being a fixed period of life which he is to spend upon the earth. Human rights in islam stem from two foundational principles. Mustafa abusway, toward an islamic jurisprudence of the environment. On the contrary, an eye cannot hear, the skin cannot see, nor an ear can taste. This chapter outlines the basic concepts rooted in islamic religious and spiritual traditions. Sep, 2001 since everything in nature has been created to render absolute obedience to god and functions according to his laws, all creatures are muslims. The islamic understanding of purity, unarguably, bases itself on the concept of the fitrah natural disposition of the human being. The islamic concept of human nature furqaan bookstore. Sin according to islam zwemer center for muslim studies.
This is mans natural tendency in the absence of contrary factors. Muslims believe humans are the greatest of all creatures, created with free will for the purpose of obeying and serving allah. Owing to the reasons the world, even muslim world, is unable to reap the fruits of these teachings. The human fitrah the pure innate nature of man yasir.
The concept of fitrah as original goodness and the most basic of human concience, in my view, does not merely connote a passive receptivity to good and right action, but an active inclination and a natural innate predisposition to know allah to submit to him and to do right. Home islam an allegory for the islamic concept of fitrah human nature. The different types of fitrah, nature of human soul, and the dynamics of the metaphysical elements like nafs, aql, and ruh are explored with their effects on human personality. The islamic conception of human nature with special reference to.
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