Islam and Psychology

*noor · 05-01-2006

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?

**lolwatever** · 08-05-2006

^^ tiny correction, economics is the newest science

i agree with the rest tho, cool stuff

but psychology.. is what it is.. psychology... it's like trying to argue that economics is haram, it's not the economics or psychology that's Haram, it's how it's approached and used.

salamz

**Woodrow** · 08-05-2006

Originally Posted by lolwatever

^^ tiny correction, economics is the newest science

i agree with the rest tho, cool stuff

but psychology.. is what it is.. psychology... it's like trying to argue that economics is haram, it's not the economics or psychology that's Haram, it's how it's approached and used.

salamz

tiny correction, economics is the newest science

i agree with the rest tho, cool stuff

I stand corrected. But, I always tried to ignore economics

**lolwatever** · 08-05-2006

Originally Posted by Woodrow

I stand corrected. But, I always tried to ignore economics

lol!

**Looking4Peace** · 08-05-2006

it definatley doesnt go against Islam, and maybe your too fresh in college to realize that psy is a huge subject with many different jobs not just one general occupation, your gonna tell me helping abused or mentally ill children is going against Islam? this is the field im going in, if im being unislamic, well thats just strange and i would need a source to back it up, real not opinion.

**Woodrow** · 08-05-2006

Originally Posted by Crystal4Peace

it definatley doesnt go against Islam, and maybe your too fresh in college to realize that psy is a huge subject with many different jobs not just one general occupation, your gonna tell me helping abused or mentally ill children is going against Islam? this is the field im going in, if im being unislamic, well thats just strange and i would need a source to back it up, real not opinion.

? I can not find one post on this thread that said psychology is haraam. It appears to be the general consensus that it is not.

**lolwatever** · 08-05-2006

^yeh i second that.. psychology is the "study of mind dynamics"... what's so haram about that? just like teh way economics is study of the interactions between supplier, consumer and government...

some of the theories might be against Islamic teachings, but that's all they are.. theories.. nothign else.