Psychological Themes in Classical Islamic Literature

Hooman Keshavarzi is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Illinois, he holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. He currently serves as the program director for the Masters in Counseling Islamic Psychology Program at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar, is a visiting professor for Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, Turkiye, and is the founding director of Khalil Center, a research clinic in the United States.Khalid Elzamzamy is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a faculty member at Khalil Center and the Alkaram Institute. He completed his medical and psychiatric training in Egypt, Qatar, and the USA. He holds an MA in Islamic Studies from Hamad Bin Khalifa University.Bilal Ali Ansari received his undergraduate education in Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois in Urbana, IL, and in the Applied Behavioral Sciences at National-Louis University in Lisle, IL, where he graduated with a Bachelors in Arts in the field of Applied Behavioral Sciences with a focus on adult learning theory (andragogy). Bilal Ali acquired a traditional Islamic education from the Jāmiʿat al-Ḥasanayn in Faisalabad, Pakistan, where he studied classical Islamic studies.Aamir Azhar Zaidi serves as an Imam, Khatīb, and administrator at the Windsor Islamic Association in Ontario, Canada. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the Islamic University of Madinah, as well as a post-graduate chaplaincy diploma issued by the Department of Academics in the Prophet's Mosque (ﷺ).

• ContentsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction1 Central Objective2 Content3 Approach4 Aims and Target Audience1 Epistemological Themes1 Sources of Knowledge. Al-Kifāya fī al-Hidāya by Imam Nūr al-Dīn al-Ṣābūnī (d. 580 AH/1184 AD)2 All That the Prophet (May Allah Bless Him and Grant Him Peace) Brought from Allah Is Self-Evident (Badīhī). The Letters of Imam Rabānnī (Al-Maktūbāt al-Rabbāniyya) by Mujaddid al-Alf al-Thānī al-Imam al-Rabbanī, Aḥmad al-Sirhindī (d. 1033 AH/1624 CE)2 Ontological Themes1 An Exposition on the Meanings of Nafs, Rūh, ʿAql, Qalb and What Is Intended by These Names. The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn) by Imam Abū Ḥāmid Al-Ghazālī (d. 505 AH/1111 CE)2 The Nature of the ʿAql and Its Types. Tuḥfat al-Murīd ʿalā Jawahart al-Tawḥid by Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Bājūrī (d. 1276/1860)3 On Man’s Recognition of the Reality of His Soul and the Spiritual Disclosures of the Sufis regarding It. Knowledge of the Spiritually Learned (ʿAwārif al-Maʿārif) by Imam Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardī (d. 632 AH/1191 CE)4 Inherent Faculties of Perception. Al-Qānūn fī al-Ṭibb (The Canon of Medicine) by Ibn Sīna (d. 428 AH/1037 CE)5 An Elucidation of the Malleability of Character Traits through Spiritual Exercises. Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn by Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali (d. 1111 AD)6 Types of Insanity (Aqsām al-Junūn). Durar al-Ḥukkām Sharḥ Majallat al-Aḥkām by Imam Ali Haydar Efendi (d. 1380 AH/1960 CE)3 Cognitive Themes1 An Exposition of Shayṭān’s Influence over the Heart through Subtle Whisperings (Waswasa), the Significance of Waswasa, and the Means through Which It Takes Hold [of a Person]. Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn by Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali (d. 1111 AD)2 An Introduction to Dream Interpretation (Taʿbīr al-Manām). Taʿṭīr al-Anām fī Ta‌‌ʾbīr al-Manām (Dream Interpretation) by Imam ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulsī (d. 1143 AH/1730 CE)4 Emotional Themes1 Repelling Excess Sorrow. Al-Ṭibb al-Ruhānī (Psycho-Spiritual Medicine) by Imam ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Abū al-Faraj ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597 AH/1184 CE)2 The Station of Grief. Madārij al-Sālikīn Bayn Manāzil Iyyāka Naʿbud wa-Iyyāka Nastaʿīn (Stations of the Seekers) by Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 751 AH/1351 CE)3 Worry and Sorrow. Al-Hamm wa-l-Ḥazan (Worry and Sorrow) by Imam Ibn Abī al-Dunyā (d. 281 AH/882 CE)4 Between Fear and Hope. Mukhtaṣar Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn by Imam Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (d. 505 AH/1111 CE)5 An Exposition on the Essential Nature of Anger. Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn (The Revival of Religious Sciences) by Imam Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (d. 505 AH/1111 CE)6 The Heart’s Delight. Mufarriḥ al-Nafs (The Heart’s Delight) by Ibn Qādi Baalbek (d. 650 AH/1256 CE)5 Behavioral Themes1 Character Traits: Definitions, Origins, Types, and How to Change Them. Al-Ṭarīqa al-Muḥammadiyya wa-l-Sīra al-Aḥmadiyya (The Muhammadan Path) by Imam Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Birgivī (d. 981 AH/1573 CE)2 Chapter on Waswasa. Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ by Mulla ʿAlī al-Qarī (d. 1014 AH/1620 CE)6 Themes on General Well-Being1 Man’s Discovery of His Own Vices. Al-Ṭibb al-Ruhānī (Psycho-Spiritual Medicine) by Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyā al-Rāzī (d. 251 AH/925 CE)2 The Means of Recognizing One’s Own Flaws. Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn (The Revival of Religious Sciences) by Imam Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (d. 505 AH/1111 CE)3 The Need for the Management of the Psyche. Maṣālih al-Abdān wa-l-Anfus (Sustenance of the Body and the Psyche) by Abū Zayd al-Balkhī (d. 322 AH/934 CE)4 Preservation of the Health of the Psyche. Maṣālih al-Abdān wa al-Anfus (Sustenance of the Body and the Psyche) by Abū Zayd al-Balkhī (d. 322 AH/934 CE)5 When One Loses It: Methods of Restoring Mental Health. Maṣālih al-Abdān wa al-Anfus (Sustenance of the Body and the Psyche) by Imam Abū Zayd al-Balkhī (d. 322 AH/934 CE)6 Explaining and Enumerating Psychological Symptoms. Maṣālih al-Abdān wa-l-Anfus (Sustenance of the Body and the Psyche) by Imam Abū Zayd al-Balkhī (d. 322 AH/934 CE)BibliographyIndex