Abstract:

Applying spiritual support practices for the mental problems people experience has been rapidly spreading in our country in recent years, both in academic and other studies. In the Western world, new methods keep emerging every passing day in this field and these affect the practices in our country. However, there is a need for studies in this field that exist in our own resources and traditions. For this reason, Islamic scholars have developed various solutions to solve people’s spiritual problems. Imam al-Ghazali is one of the Islamic scholars who wrote about the source of the problems that people have experienced spiritually and to solve them. According to the author, who named his work Kimiya al-Sa’adat, which means the alchemy of happiness, when a person obeys the points indicated here, they will reach happiness in this world and in the Hereafter. In this study, the hadiths mentioned by al-Ghazali in his four titles will be discussed, and the four pillars and forty main principles will be referred to other studies. Here, how the author interprets the hadiths and their relationship with moral support will be determined, and the authenticity of the hadiths will be evaluated.

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