Islam and Psychology

Asalaamu alikum
I have been planning to study Child Psychology insha'allah. Since Sciences do me no good-it doesnt penetrate through my head. lol.

As far I have spoken to some ppl who intially planned on studying psy. they ve told me that..psy is mostly all abt experimentng with human mind..its all presumptions..i dont knw much to begin with..

but my personal opinion is that as long what we study we do it for sake of ALLAH and to benefit Islam. then its all good.

format_quote Originally Posted by Aalimah

What is Psychology Am lost agen

seriously? psychology is a study of the human psyche.... lol i bet sum1s gnna correct me

Assalamu alaikum pplz

I'm thinking about studying psychology in college and I have a question.
What are your views on studying psychology being against Islamic beliefs???
Do you agree?
Do you disagree?
Why?

Salam Sister

I am v glad that u r considering to study Psychology. First its not against Islam. Secondly, u will be able to influnce ur socity positivly with Pscyhology.

Anyways, I got one concern " where r u planning to study Psychology?"
if u r plannin to study Psych in Western Univerisy, check the courses first. I have an Australian freind who traveld to Malaysia to study Pscyhology in "International islamic Univerisy" n her reason were that in Australia they teach v western type of psychology, with lots of un-islamic contents, n she said they r so much focused on "Homosextuals" n all that stuff.

My minro was Psychology, n fro my personal experiance i think its hard to study psychology without the Islamic point of view. If u think u can get that at ur institute...then go for it...if not...see if u can go to some Islamic institute to study that.

format_quote Originally Posted by Noora_z3

Salam Sister

I am v glad that u r considering to study Psychology. First its not against Islam. Secondly, u will be able to influnce ur socity positivly with Pscyhology.

Anyways, I got one concern " where r u planning to study Psychology?"

im planning to study psych in NYC, that's where i live and i am not planning on going out of state or anything.

format_quote Originally Posted by M.I.A.

aslaam alaikum

with regards to your question i can only answer from my limited experience, i recently had to write my dissertation on a certain 'branch' of psychology namely the works of Gustav Jung and similarly connected people.
i can only say that it made me more aware of my own ego and in that respect i am greatful.
there were many things i came across which i pondered upon and not realy agreeing... set out on my own search for truth. since then i have read many things, often by chance, which have done much to strenghthen my own faith and bring me closer to the person i want to be.

i think you should go for it! if anything your faith will always allow you to question anything you do not see fit and you do not have to be afraid. this is my own view and im not sure if it is entirely right so feel free to make subjective criticism if i have said anything wrong.

many thanks

nice way of looking at it brother.

format_quote Originally Posted by Woodrow

So getting down to "is the study of psychology wrong"? I think the answer would be it depends on what the student thinks it is and their reason for studying it.

If they believe they will be able to use it as a tool to manipulate people, then it is just as wrong as if they were studying chemistry for the purpose of learning to construct terroristic weapons.

i see what you are saying and i agree with you. i know that you didn't ask, but my purpose for desiring to study psychology is that i want to better understand how the human mind works and why it works that way. I am fascinated with the human mind and i want to help those who have problems that need help and support . More importantly, I see psychology as a very important subject to study especially if you like being around people. If somebody studies psychology, they are more likely to be able to understand people and their actions.

apart from some of freuds odd theories, alot of it is interesting stuff
psych is one of those "non mathematically precise" subjects, (except the bio perspective stuff), so some things might change over time
but definately it's not haram or wrong to study psychology

umm.. it can even be used as part of dawah, to fidn best approaches to people...

format_quote Originally Posted by lolwatever

umm.. it can even be used as part of dawah, to fidn best approaches to people...

yes, i have thought of that too.

format_quote Originally Posted by ISDhillon

there's enuff nutters in new york lol

excuse me????

format_quote Originally Posted by *noor

Assalamu alaikum pplz

I'm thinking about studying psychology in college and I have a question.
What are your views on studying psychology being against Islamic beliefs???

I think, I may be wrong, that this comes from the idea that Sigmund Freud had a weired way of interepreting human thoughts, you the id, ego thing. I don;t agree with most of it.

Has anyone read, Freud's interpretation of dreams? I haven;t. But is it against what Prophet Muhammad (sal) has said about dreams?

But other than Freud, Psych is alright.

Keep in mind Psychology is the newest field of science to be explored. Freuds contribution is that he removed it from phylosophy into the realm of quantifiable data. His work initiated the system of measurement for behavior. It is still a developing and growing field. Nearly all who enter into the field are still basicaly pioneer researchers.

There are many fields populary believed to be psychology, but they are as far removed from psychology as astrology is from astronomy.

It is a very interesting and honorable field of study, as long as it is learned through a bonafide university and not through some pseudo-metaphysical organization.