Prayer and Healing in Islam

Prayer and Healing in Islam

by Salih Yucel
Prayer and Healing in Islam

Prayer and Healing in Islam

by Salih Yucel

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Overview

Praying for health is a significant Islamic custom alongside seeking medical treatment, and has become a vital part of Muslim culture. There are two areas of focus in this book: the methodology and criteria of praying for health, and the results of a study on the effect of prayer on Muslim patients' well-being. This study was conducted at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate in Boston, MA. Twenty-Five Remedies, a work by prominent contemporary Muslim scholar Said Nursi, included in this book, further enriches the scope of the subject of prayer and healing.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781597842426
Publisher: Tughra Books
Publication date: 12/16/2010
Pages: 185
Product dimensions: 6.09(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.46(d)

Table of Contents

Tables viii

Acknowledgements ix

Introduction xi

Chapter I Introduction 1

Statement of the Problem 5

Hypothesis 6

Limitations 6

The definition of prayer 7

Prayer in Islam 8

Significance of the Study 11

Chapter II Literature Review 13

Introduction 15

Theological Considerations 15

Healing in the Qur'an 15

Healing in the sunnah 21

Theoretical Considerations 24

Islamic sources 24

Muslim scholars on healing 26

Current research on prayer and healing 29

Sufism and healing 32

Western sources 34

Insignificant negative effects 37

Fatalistic thinking 37

Amulets (ruqya) and talismans 39

Superstition and folk culture 39

Summary 41

Chapter III Methodology 43

Introduction 45

Research Design 45

Participants 47

Description of Sessions 48

Data Analysis 49

Summary 50

Chapter IV Research Findings 51

Part I 53

The participants 53

Results of the preliminary surveys 54

Results of religious post-test surveys 64

Results of non-religious post-test survey 68

Part II 70

Descriptive statistics for preliminary and post-protocol questionnaires 70

Correlational analysis 71

Prayer and non-religious text conditions 72

Continuous variables 73

Level of religiosity following prayer session and non-religious text condition 73

Histograms: continuous data 75

Dichotomous variables 78

Bar charts: dichotomous data 80

Vital signs following prayer and control conditions 84

Summary 85

Chapter V Discussion of Findings 87

Introduction 89

Patients' Response Patterns on Surveys 89

Analysis of Preliminary Survey Response Patterns 90

Religiosity/Spirituality 91

Analysis of Religious Post-test Survey 92

A Comparison of Religious and Non-Religious Survey Data 93

Physical effects 94

Vital signs 96

Summary 98

Chapter VI Conclusion 109

25 Remedies for the Sick 113

Definition of Islamic Terms 139

Appendixes 143

Sources 157

Index 163

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