Efforts to Handle People with Mental Disorders from Perspective of Islamic Law

Abstract

One of the phenomena that shows that there are still social problems today, among others, can be seen from the many people with mental disorders as a condition where a person experiences disturbances in behavior, thoughts, and feelings which are manifested in the form of a set of symptoms or significant changes in behavior, and can lead to suffering and obstacles in carrying out the function of people as human beings. Islam as a religion that regulates all aspects of life provides a method to deal with this problem. The aim of this research is to analyze how the concept of Islam is used to rehabilitate people with mental disorders. This research method uses the legal positivism paradigm (legal positivism paradigm) and the legal post positivism paradigm (legal post positivism paradigm) with a normative juridical approach to solving research problems by examining secondary data by conducting literature studies on primary, secondary and tertiary legal materials. The data obtained were then analyzed using a qualitative descriptive method. The results of Al-Qur'an research are sent down to change human thoughts, tendencies, and behavior, provide guidance to them, change their error and stupidity, direct them to be better and equip them with new thoughts about human nature and its mission. in life. Efforts to rehabilitate people with mental disorders according to Islam are carried out by carrying out ruqyah psychotherapy, Islamic spiritual therapy, psychoanalytic therapy, and group activity therapy.