Konsep Sufi Healing dengan Metode Tasawwuf Imam Abdullah Al-Haddad

On Imam Abdullah Al-Haddad's Sufi Healing

Abstract

A global mental health crisis is looming, as millions of people across various countries are surrounded by death and disease. This condition is caused, among other factors, by social problems that trigger various forms of fear, such as fear of poverty and pervasive anxiety. Feelings of anxiety and restlessness are the primary causes of psychological symptoms and mental disorders. Therefore, what fundamentally requires healing is the human psyche. Not all illnesses can be treated or managed through medical approaches alone; the role of alternative forms of healing in contributing to public health cannot be denied. Tasawuf (Islamic mysticism) emerges as an approach that offers answers for achieving holistic physical and spiritual well-being in human life. Sufis generally hold the view that the spiritual realm has implications for the material world. On this basis, they introduce Sufistic healing or Sufistic psychotherapy. This form of therapy refers to spiritually oriented healing grounded in Islamic values, aimed at cultivating psychologically healthy individuals. Its approaches may include spiritual guidance and counseling, repentance (tawbah), remembrance of God (dhikr), and other practices. There are various forms of such spiritual healing, including spiritual–rational approaches combined with nutrition and physical exercise, Qur’anic healing methods, SEFT therapy (Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique), and, more recently, Sufi healing as a method for addressing spiritual problems. In this paper, the author focuses on one of these approaches, namely Sufi healing. Specifically, this study examines spiritual healing through the tasawwuf methodology of Imam Abdullah al-Haddad. Abdullah al-Haddad was a reformist Islamic scholar of the twentieth century from Hadramaut, Yemen. He is widely recognized for his spiritual authority (wilāyah) and as the author of one of the most well-known devotional litanies, Ratib al-Haddad. This paper is written as a case study and employs a qualitative research approach to examine the contextualization and application of tasawwuf values in everyday life.