Implications and Educational Effects of Superstitious Beliefs in Human Life with Emphasis on the Teachings of Islam (Case Study of Belief in Chance and Luck)

Fakheri, Fatemeh; Basiri, Hamidreza

doi:10.22034/iued.2020.113579.1576

Implications and Educational Effects of Superstitious Beliefs in Human Life with Emphasis on the Teachings of Islam (Case Study of Belief in Chance and Luck)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

fatemeh fakheri ¹

hamidreza basiri ²

¹ DGraduate Student of Theology (Quranic Science and Hadith) Allameh Tabatabai University of Tehran

² Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology, Allameh Tabataba&rsquo;I University

10.22034/iued.2020.113579.1576

Abstract

Superstitious beliefs exist more or less in the lives of all people, and their roots are not based on rational relationships. These beliefs have become prevalent in response to the insecurities of individuals in life, and are in fact an inevitable attempt to influence the future to influence the course of events and events to make things enjoyable. According to this, one of the human beliefs is the belief in luck that in today's culture, different societies are used every day, over and over again, through the words of different segments of society. The main purpose of the present study is a case study of the educational effects of belief in luck and chance in human life, while expressing the nature of luck, using a library study, to analyze and analyze these superstitious beliefs and to evaluate the validity of religious beliefs in the next step. They have paid. Among the educational effects of belief in good fortune are the efforts, positive thinking, and life satisfaction that are acceptable in the teachings of Islam. In contrast, negative beliefs, such as misery or misfortune, lead to skepticism, boredom, and lack of effort.

Keywords

Superstition

Chance and Luck

Educational effects

Islam