Islamic belief and practices: An integrative coping approach to life problems

This article provides an overview of related literature covering the wide range of issues pertaining to the problems and coping strategies in general from the Islamic worldview. There are many integrative methods and means provided in the Islamic authentic sources of the Holy Qur’an, Sunnah and the...

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Main Authors: Embong, Rahimah, Salleh, Sakinah, Wan Yusoff, Wan Mazwati, Noruddin, Normila, Ismail, Muhamad Zaid, Mariam Nabilah, Mohd Noor, Nur Anis, Abdullah
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2017
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spelling iium-648772018-07-31T02:01:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/64877/ Islamic belief and practices: An integrative coping approach to life problems Embong, Rahimah Salleh, Sakinah Wan Yusoff, Wan Mazwati Noruddin, Normila Ismail, Muhamad Zaid Mariam Nabilah, Mohd Noor Nur Anis, Abdullah H Social Sciences (General) This article provides an overview of related literature covering the wide range of issues pertaining to the problems and coping strategies in general from the Islamic worldview. There are many integrative methods and means provided in the Islamic authentic sources of the Holy Qur’an, Sunnah and the Islamic heritage as well as the modern methods. The novel aspect of this article is that apart from drawing theoretical conclusion from the existing work of coping mechanism, it is to integrate the Islamic principle pertaining to helping others in a way to address obvious inadequacies in the existing services offered to the Muslims. Therefore, it is appropriate to unearth the influence of Islamic belief and practices on man’s relationship with Allah and his relationship with mankind, on his ways of coping with the challenges and problems in his daily lives. From a review of literature, faith or belief influences the way individuals view and relate to God; and how religion in general is used to cope with difficult life circumstances. Besides that, the collaborative religious coping strategies balance an individual’s own efforts for managing stress with seeking help and support from others. Therefore, coping strategies of Muslims are approached from integrated and holistic perspective based on the understanding that man is created not from mere physical entity but also spiritual,psychological and intellectual entities. In conclusion, the Islamic coping mechanism should be planned in a way that all these dimensions of man can be better served. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64877/1/Islamic_Belief_and_Practices_An_Integrative_Coping_Approach_to_Life_Problems.pdf Embong, Rahimah and Salleh, Sakinah and Wan Yusoff, Wan Mazwati and Noruddin, Normila and Ismail, Muhamad Zaid and Mariam Nabilah, Mohd Noor and Nur Anis, Abdullah (2017) Islamic belief and practices: An integrative coping approach to life problems. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 6 (3). pp. 97-109. ISSN 2226-6348 http://hrmars.com/hrmars_papers/Islamic_Belief_and_Practices_An_Integrative_Coping_Approach_to_Life_Problems.pdf 10.6007/IJARPED/v6-i3/3176
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Embong, Rahimah
Salleh, Sakinah
Wan Yusoff, Wan Mazwati
Noruddin, Normila
Ismail, Muhamad Zaid
Mariam Nabilah, Mohd Noor
Nur Anis, Abdullah
Islamic belief and practices: An integrative coping approach to life problems
description This article provides an overview of related literature covering the wide range of issues pertaining to the problems and coping strategies in general from the Islamic worldview. There are many integrative methods and means provided in the Islamic authentic sources of the Holy Qur’an, Sunnah and the Islamic heritage as well as the modern methods. The novel aspect of this article is that apart from drawing theoretical conclusion from the existing work of coping mechanism, it is to integrate the Islamic principle pertaining to helping others in a way to address obvious inadequacies in the existing services offered to the Muslims. Therefore, it is appropriate to unearth the influence of Islamic belief and practices on man’s relationship with Allah and his relationship with mankind, on his ways of coping with the challenges and problems in his daily lives. From a review of literature, faith or belief influences the way individuals view and relate to God; and how religion in general is used to cope with difficult life circumstances. Besides that, the collaborative religious coping strategies balance an individual’s own efforts for managing stress with seeking help and support from others. Therefore, coping strategies of Muslims are approached from integrated and holistic perspective based on the understanding that man is created not from mere physical entity but also spiritual,psychological and intellectual entities. In conclusion, the Islamic coping mechanism should be planned in a way that all these dimensions of man can be better served.
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author Embong, Rahimah
Salleh, Sakinah
Wan Yusoff, Wan Mazwati
Noruddin, Normila
Ismail, Muhamad Zaid
Mariam Nabilah, Mohd Noor
Nur Anis, Abdullah
author_facet Embong, Rahimah
Salleh, Sakinah
Wan Yusoff, Wan Mazwati
Noruddin, Normila
Ismail, Muhamad Zaid
Mariam Nabilah, Mohd Noor
Nur Anis, Abdullah
author_sort Embong, Rahimah
title Islamic belief and practices: An integrative coping approach to life problems
title_short Islamic belief and practices: An integrative coping approach to life problems
title_full Islamic belief and practices: An integrative coping approach to life problems
title_fullStr Islamic belief and practices: An integrative coping approach to life problems
title_full_unstemmed Islamic belief and practices: An integrative coping approach to life problems
title_sort islamic belief and practices: an integrative coping approach to life problems
publisher Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/64877/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64877/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/64877/1/Islamic_Belief_and_Practices_An_Integrative_Coping_Approach_to_Life_Problems.pdf
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