INTEGRATING REFLECTION ON BASMALAH RECITATION AS A STRATEGY FOR FORMING A PEACEFUL MINDSET IN ISLAMIC COUNSELING

Abstract

Challenges for Muslim addiction counsellors as social services in drug rehabilitation. However, the condition of relapse to use is due to discrimination/harmful stigma because individuals lack a peaceful mindset in every life, which impacts self-conflict. Muslim addiction counsellors as social servants can integrate Basmalah (بَسْمَلَة) readings as a culture in the Islamic counselling service to form a mindset, heart and calm spirit. This paper aims to create a peaceful mindset, peaceful nature, and quiet spirit from reflections on Basmalah reading in individual drug users (clients) in the Islamic counselling stages. Eleven steps in the integrative literature review method are integrated with documentation studies through relevant books and journals regarding Basmalah, peaceful mindset, and Islamic counselling. We are integrating general and religious knowledge as a form of data validity through triangulation that combines the theory and practice of Islamic addiction counselling—data analysis through reduction, interpretation, and conclusion. Paper findings show that Muslim addiction counsellors and clients in the therapeutic process practice Islamic counselling from the steps of quwah and niyyah, istishÉrah, tafakkur, istikhÉrah, ‘azm, baÎÊrah, al-tawakkul-‘ala-Allah, ‘amal, isti‘Énah, murÉqabah, and muÍÉsabah to achieve blessings from God in reciting his Basmallah as culture Islam to foster a peaceful mindset. Reciting Basmallah brings up the cognitive spiritual function of achieving peaceful thoughts about blessings in life. Reflection from reading Basmallah in client decision-making in the Islamic counselling process will give rise to peaceful thoughts because decisions are taken together with the Muslim counsellor as Imam to obtain blessings in life.