The Reconfiguration of Tibbun Nabawi as the Standard of Sufi Health: A Manifestation of Holistic Health
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This article attempts to reconfigure tibbun nabawi as a standard of health from a Sufi perspective by highlighting the shift in meaning from mere medical practice to a spiritual-holistic paradigm. The main problem examined is that tibbun nabawi has been largely understood as an empirical traditional healing system, while its epistemological and spiritual dimensions within the Sufi tradition have rarely been studied in depth. Using qualitative methods through literature review and content analysis of texts related to Sufi perspectives, this study retraces how Sufis have understood the relationship between body, soul, and God in health practices. The results of this study indicate that in the context of Sufism, tibbun nabawi encompasses not only medical aspects but also the principles of self-purification (tazkiyat al-nafs) and ontological balance through rituals such as prayer, fasting, and dhikr. These practices form a spiritual health system that positions the body as a medium for spiritual transformation, not merely a biological object. Thus, this article offers a new reading of tibbun nabawi as a Sufi holistic health paradigm that reconfigures the boundaries between the medical, spiritual, and metaphysical, an attempt to understand health as the unity of body, soul, and closeness to God.
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