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Presented at the ‘7th International Intensive Course in Islamic Psychology’ via Zoom on 28th July 2025. By Professor Omar Hasan Kasule MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard) Chairman of the Medical Ethics Committee at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital Riyadh.
1.0 APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY:
- Theoretical developments in Islamic psychology go hand in hand with field applications. More often, the practical challenges stimulate theoretical innovations.
- The basic unit of the Muslim community is the family, which is under siege because of modern social changes.
- The psychology of the family, positive and negative, is a priority area of study for theoretical and practical reasons.
2.0 PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IS A BASIS FOR FAMILY HEALTH - 1:
- My proposition is that there is a lot of unrecognised mental ill-health in the community and that this is a major cause of family break-up.
- Many bad husbands and wives are actually sick, and their mental illness manifests as neglect and abuse of the family.
- Early diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders would prevent family dysfunction and breakdown. Simple medications or psychotherapy can save the family.
- In the old days, grandparents and other relatives would be marriage counselors, and they saved many families.
3.0 PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING IS A BASIS FOR FAMILY HEALTH - 2:
- In our sophisticated society, they no longer play that role. We need marriage counselors with psychological training.
- Undiagnosed psychiatric disease is an underlying cause of many social problems, such as marital discord, nushūz, violence, homicide, social incompetence, and neglect of self and others.
- Common mental issues can be neuroses, psychoses, or personality disorders. These are complicated by addictions (drugs, alcohol, etc.) and perverse lifestyles.
- We need to develop general community awareness that family problems may be due to mental health, and to solve these, and not let the family collapse.