This Article Volume 4 Issue 1
First published June 2014, doi : 10.7187/GJAT502014.04.01
Publisher Kolej Universiti Islam Sultan Azlan Shah, Perak, Malaysia.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Its What And How From An 
Islamic Perspective
Abdul Latif Abdul Razak Abstract
Obsessive–Compulsive
Disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety in which a person suffers
fromobsessions i.e. unwanted intrusive ideas which recur to the person
persistently; and compulsions i.e. behaviours that a person feels
compelled to perform repeatedly in a ritualistic manner withthe aim of
relieving the anxiety from the unpleasant obsessive thoughts. Although
compulsion and obsession are common, once the individual experiences
excessive discomfort, then he or she would be diagnosed as a patient of
this disorder. Most of the research outputs on this disorder are based
on secular and irreligious perspectives. Thus, this research aims at
religiously diagnosingits root causes and exploring its remedies based
the Qur’an and Sunnah and the works of earlyMuslim scholars. The finding
shows that this disorder, its etiology and treatment, has
beenextensively discussed in many works of early Muslim scholars that
can be benefited by modern psychotherapists.
Keywords: Obsessions; Compulsions; Anxiety, Psycho-spirituality, Religious therapy
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