Al-Ghazali on Self-Regulation: The Integration From Psychological Concept
Keywords:
Self-Regulation, Psychologist, Al-Ghazali, RiyadhohAbstract
Self-regulation is the human ability to control their impulsive behaviour for reaching the goal settings. In Psychology, self-regulation skill involved the controlling impulsive behaviour, forethought, and self-reflection. Self- regulation stimulates the people to reach their goals and achievements which also brings them to the happiness. However, the Tasawwuf came before the age of psychology that trained the people to improve personal quality by controlling and regulating themselves from the unimportant things to reach the happiness. Especially, Al-Ghazali’s legacies in human psychology. This research aims to explore what is Al-Ghazali’s perspective about self-regulation that came from psychology. The analysis descriptive was employed and the data was obtained by library research from Ihya’ Ulumuddin, Kimiya Sa’adah and several supported articles about ar-riyadloh. The result of this study found that Al-Ghazali had been putting the intention about several methods in self-regulation which is similar with Ar-Riyadhoh and mujahadatun-nafs in practical approach, tazkiyatun nafs as the result, and the concept of nafs scientifically. The nafs itself is the main desire to motivate the people to behave beyond their cognitive skills and social moral and interactions. Al-Ghazali employed some steps to self-regulate such as Muraqabah, Muhasabah, and mujahadah. In Conclusion, Al-Ghazali viewed the regulation as some activities to avoid the human from the misery by controlling the impulses which brought the people to not reach the goal or their happiness.
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