CRITICAL REVIEW OF SUFI HEALING THERAPY IN DRUG ADDICTION

TREATMENT
Che Zarrina Saari1 , Sharifah Basirah Syed Muhsin1 , Mohd Syukri Zainal Abidin1 *, Syed
Mohammad Hilmi Syed Abdul Rahman1 , Siti Sarah Ahmad1 , Zaizul Ab Rahman2 , Mohd
Manawi Mohd Akib2 , Salasiah Hanin Hamjah2 , M. Hasyier Farooque Joni Tamkin3 , Rusdi
Abd Rashid4 1Department of Aqidah & Islamic Thought, Academy of Islamic Studies,
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2Faculty of Islamic Studies, National University
of Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. 3Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. 4Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Mohed Syukri Bin Zainal Abidin is an applied psychologist of religion with a focus on
psychology and religious studies, among other things. He has studies about the healing by
using the religion practices and how effective it is. This article of his that I will be using
is related to this topic. The purpose of the study was to s to examine the effectiveness of
Sufi healing technique on drug addiction treatment. Mohed examined the techniques is
used by the Sufi healing to treat drug addiction as spiritual therapy, offers a combination
of physical and spiritual treatments that normally focuses on the purification of the soul,
external and internal self-control, the use of remembrance of God and the order is used to
fulfill the need in treating drug addicts. The common theme he observed among people
who believe and follow Sufi’s religion was that the techniques are based on practices
originating from the Qur’an and the Sunnah and well-known Sufi figures in the Islamic
world such as Harith al-Muhasibi, al-Ghazali, al-Tustari, al-Qushayri and more (Abdul
Mujib & Mudzakir, 2002). and for judgement about Sofi practices effectiveness in
addiction to be addressed. This article would be a great source for Psychologists and
healthcare clinic of addition to learn how a religious minority views health and healing by
studying the methodology were used in this article. I will use the results of the
Demographic Data and Drug Addiction Treatment. In addition to, Effectiveness of Sufi
Healing Therapy (SHT) Model were resulted from the article to discus and determine the
impact of Sufi practices in health and addiction.