A preface to the personality psychology in Islam

The personality psychology of Islam stands as an essential feature in the understanding of Islamic psychology. Human being, being physical and metaphysical in nature is certainly a complex creature. It is physical as it involves the study of human being and his personality and metaphysical as it i...

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Main Author: Othman, Nooraini
Format: Article
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/46518/
http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijps.v8n1p20
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Summary:The personality psychology of Islam stands as an essential feature in the understanding of Islamic psychology. Human being, being physical and metaphysical in nature is certainly a complex creature. It is physical as it involves the study of human being and his personality and metaphysical as it is studying the unseen matters of the person such as his heart, mind, spirit and soul. The study of psychology is a scientific domain that deals with behaviour of a person. Thus, this paper briefly analysed the concept of personality in Islam, the Islamic worldview and its relationship with personality and finally Islamic personality psychology