Journal of Lifestyle

Journal of Lifestyle

The Qur’an and Hadith on the Role of Mental - Emotional Factors in Strengthening the Family as an Islamic Approach to the Life Styl

Document Type : Scientific research

Authors
A Faculty member at Hawza and University Research Center
Abstract
Strengthening the family life plays a significant role in the firmness of values in society. Nonetheless, the family life system has been facing fundamental challenges of modern era and its foundations being undermined. In what follows, the author has examined the emotional - mental factors in strengthening the family life in the light of the Qur’an and hadith as an Islamic approach to the life style. Due to the weight of the Islamic beliefs and values, making use of the teachings of the Qur’an and those of Ahlu al-Beit’s hadiths can play a significant role in strengthening the family life of Muslims.
In his research, the author has undertaken the analytic-descriptive method, methods of interpretation of the Qur’an and those of understanding hadiths in the school of Ahlu al-Beit. According to the findings of this research, expressing kindness, mental support, mutual respect, optimism, humility, forgiving, concealing the faults of others, controlling negative excitements, appreciating one another, meeting marital needs of one’s spouse, performing joyful entertainments for the family are among those to fortify the foundations of the family life. As a result, skills of the Islamic life style will help us with the amendment of our examples of behavior to have more stable family relations.
 
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Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 3
February 2017
Pages 45-64

  • Receive Date 06 October 2016
  • Revise Date 13 November 2016
  • Accept Date 25 December 2016