Abstract:

Sadness, which is used to express worry, grief and sorrow, is described as spiritual pain. Sadness has been handled within the Islamic moral philosophy, which deals with mental health. Islamic moral philosophers looked on sadness as a mental illness and a state that hinders human from happiness. Islamic moral philosophy, whose aim is to achieve happiness to people, aims to find solutions to problems that make people unhappy and disorder their mental health. Therefore, it is necessary to get rid of sadness in order to protect mental health. Within the scope of the Tībbu’r-Ruhanī tradition, remedies have been sought to get rid of sadness. In this study, the causes of sadness in Islamic moral philosophy and the remedies for getting rid of sadness are examined. The views of Islamic moral philosophers and thinkers, who directly included sadness in their works, were taken into account and their solutions were evaluated. First of all, due to the importance of determining the causes in terms of finding the right solution, the causes of sadness are emphasized. Afterwards, the two ways that Kindī and Razī determined in the fight against sadness were taken into account. These are classified as measures to be taken before sadness comes and coping methods after it comes. In general, a struggle with the cognitive way is foreseen in the solutions put forward. It has been emphasized that it is possible to cope with sadness with patience and fortitude, by raising awareness in people, enabling them to use their minds, focusing on being rather than possession. It is possible to see the reflections of the suggestions of Islamic moral philosophers to cope with sadness in cognitive therapy, group therapy, acceptain and determination therapies applied for grief, pain and depression.

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