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Physical and Mental Needs of Man - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Physical and Mental Needs of Man 2021-06-24 318 Views Islam and Man , Physical needs , Spiritual needs The human being is composed of two vital elements: body and soul. These two elements are correlated and interacting. Man’s happiness depends totally on the soundness of these two elements. Each of these has its own desires and needs.

The one relating to the body is physical while that of the soul is spiritual. Contents Physical Rights Mental Rights (1) Self-education (2) Well Intention (3) Self-control 4. Self-Judgment Physical needs are the material factors (such as food, drink clothing, and other life essentials) that help in achieving growth, health, and vitality. The mental needs are intellectual and spiritual desires, such as knowledge, freedom, justice, peace of mind, and the like.

For gaining a healthy body and soul, it is essential to respond to these needs. For instance, weakness and ailment are the results of depriving the body of its necessities, while puzzlement, worry, and misery are the results of depriving the soul of its necessities.

Physical Rights Briefly, the physical right is to attend to the health regulations, such as moderation in food and drink, evasion of alcoholic drinks and drugs, abstinence from sinful carnal desires, habituating to cleanness, practising physical activities, treating of ailments, following the physician’s advice, and the like matters. Mental Rights Many people ignore mental health because they are far away from spiritual values.

Few groups of people, however, can realize the mental complications that appear in the form of recalcitrance, rebellion, inclination to the commitment of sins, excessive fondness for materiality, and desertion of mental values. In view of that, the treatment for spiritual defects has been more difficult and more laborious.

In the same way, scholars and intellectuals have paid greater attention to self-discipline and mental education; therefore, it is necessary for people of reason to care for such affairs. (1) Self-education Self-education can be achieved by enlightening with divine recognition and true belief and by supplying with the beneficial knowledge that leads to the right guidance.

Naturally, human souls incline to the belief in God, tend to knowledge, and yearn for discovering mysteries of the cosmos and secrets of life.