WHAT DOES OUR SHARIAH SAY ABOUT REGRESSOLOGY?

Regressology is a method used in psychotherapy and psychology. It helps people recall and analyze events from their past lives. This method is based on the assumption that many of the problems people face today have roots in unresolved emotions, traumas, and conflicts from the past.

Regressology can be used to address traumas, phobias, fears, complexes, internal conflicts, and other psychological issues. In working with a patient, a regressologist may use deep relaxation, hypnosis, impulses, feedback, and other techniques to help the person reconnect with past events and process them on a deeper level.

However, regressology is a controversial topic in the scientific community. Many scholars criticize it, pointing out the lack of empirical evidence supporting its effectiveness and highlighting potential risks associated with using hypnotic methods in therapy. Therefore, using regressology requires high qualifications and expertise in the fields of psychotherapy and psychology.

Some regressologists also promote the idea of the transmigration of the soul and past lives, which introduces the concept of reincarnation. Reincarnation is the belief that after a person's soul leaves the body, it enters another body, or that a person's soul moves from one body to another. According to this belief, after death, a person's soul can move into another human, an animal, a plant, or even an inanimate object.

In reality, the concept of reincarnation is fundamentally contrary to Islam. It does not align with Islamic beliefs at all. This is because those who hold this belief deny the Hereafter, the Day of Judgment, accountability, Paradise and Hell, and resurrection. According to Islamic belief, once a person dies, they do not return to this world; human beings are given only one life.

Reincarnation is contrary to both reason and revelation (the Qur'an and hadith). Therefore, believing in it leads a person astray and towards disbelief. A Muslim should be cautious and avoid such beliefs that contradict our religion.

Prepared by Khasan AMANKUL,

"Munara" newspaper, No. 8, 2023