Islamic prayer, spirituality and productivity: an exploratory conceptual analysis

Prayer plays a noteworthy role in Muslims daily lives. Quran and Sunnah testify that regular prayers can boost one’s health, can remove the level of stress, and may make one more productive and vigour. Such findings also noticed by medical and psychological experts, and likewise many contemporary re...

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Main Authors: Al Haq, M Ashraf, Abd. Wahab, Norazlina, Abdul Ghani, Abdullah, Ahmad, Nor Hayati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: State Islamic University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta 2016
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/21875/1/JIES%208%202%202016%20271%20286.pdf
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author Al Haq, M Ashraf
Abd. Wahab, Norazlina
Abdul Ghani, Abdullah
Ahmad, Nor Hayati
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description Prayer plays a noteworthy role in Muslims daily lives. Quran and Sunnah testify that regular prayers can boost one’s health, can remove the level of stress, and may make one more productive and vigour. Such findings also noticed by medical and psychological experts, and likewise many contemporary research have shown wide-ranging outcomes in terms of improved wellbeing when prayer is done with sincere devotion. Nevertheless what is lacking is that the policy makers in the Islamic world need to initiate whether there exist any linkages between prayer and productivity, which needs to be appreciated more by them, as well as by Islamic economists and social scientists, Islamic business professionals and Islamic jurists, and then through a concerted effort and dynamic fact finding mission and verification to ascertain the Qur’anic beliefs in our daily lives. This studies using descriptive analysis to explain the linkage between the Islamic prayer and productivity
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spelling uum-218752017-04-27T04:32:10Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/21875/ Islamic prayer, spirituality and productivity: an exploratory conceptual analysis Al Haq, M Ashraf Abd. Wahab, Norazlina Abdul Ghani, Abdullah Ahmad, Nor Hayati BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc Prayer plays a noteworthy role in Muslims daily lives. Quran and Sunnah testify that regular prayers can boost one’s health, can remove the level of stress, and may make one more productive and vigour. Such findings also noticed by medical and psychological experts, and likewise many contemporary research have shown wide-ranging outcomes in terms of improved wellbeing when prayer is done with sincere devotion. Nevertheless what is lacking is that the policy makers in the Islamic world need to initiate whether there exist any linkages between prayer and productivity, which needs to be appreciated more by them, as well as by Islamic economists and social scientists, Islamic business professionals and Islamic jurists, and then through a concerted effort and dynamic fact finding mission and verification to ascertain the Qur’anic beliefs in our daily lives. This studies using descriptive analysis to explain the linkage between the Islamic prayer and productivity State Islamic University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/21875/1/JIES%208%202%202016%20271%20286.pdf Al Haq, M Ashraf and Abd. Wahab, Norazlina and Abdul Ghani, Abdullah and Ahmad, Nor Hayati (2016) Islamic prayer, spirituality and productivity: an exploratory conceptual analysis. Al-Iqtishad: Journal of Islamic Economics, 8 (2). pp. 271-286. ISSN 2087-135X http://doi.org/10.15408/aiq.v8i2.3160 doi:10.15408/aiq.v8i2.3160 doi:10.15408/aiq.v8i2.3160
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title Islamic prayer, spirituality and productivity: an exploratory conceptual analysis
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title_short Islamic prayer, spirituality and productivity: an exploratory conceptual analysis
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