# Dr. Yasien Mohamed

**Title:** Guest Contributor
**Department:** Contributors
**Affiliation:** Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/team/yasienmohamed
**Profile JSON:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/api/v1/webmcp/scholar?slug=yasienmohamed
**Total works:** 7

## About
Dr. Yasien Mohamed is Emeritus Professor of Arabic Studies and Islamic Philosophy, Department of Foreign Languages, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He has authored over hundred peer-reviewed articles on classical Islamic philosophy, Islamic psychology, Qur’anic ethics, and modern Islamic thought. He is a founding member of the International Association of Islamic Psychology and recipient of the international award-winning book The Path to Virtue: the Ethical philosophy of al-Raghib al-Isfahani .

## Topics
- [Politics & Practical Theology](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/politics-practical-theology.md) (5)
- [Islamic Ethics](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/islamic-ethics.md) (4)
- [Faith](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/faith.md) (2)
- [Quran](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/quran.md) (2)
- [General Psychology](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/general-psychology.md) (1)
- [Psychology & Mental Health](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/psychology-mental-health.md) (1)
- [Social Justice](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/topic/social-justice.md) (1)

## Papers (5)
- [Etiquette as Spiritual Nourishment: The Adab of the Student According to al-Ghazali and al-Isfahani](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/etiquette-as-spiritual-nourishment-the-adab-of-the-student-according-to-al-ghazali-and-al-isfahani.md) (2023)
- [Perspectives on Islamic Psychology: al-Raghib al-Isfahani on the Healing of Emotions in the Qur'an](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/perspectives-on-islamic-psychology-healing-of-emotions-in-the-quran.md) (2020)
- [More Than Just Law: The Idea of Justice in the Qur’an](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/the-idea-of-justice-in-the-quran.md) (2020)
- [The Idea of Happiness in the Qur'an](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/the-idea-of-happiness-in-the-quran.md) (2019)
- [The Ethical Worldview of the Qur'an](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/the-ethical-worldview-of-the-quran.md) (2019)

## Videos (2)
- [S2E6 - Can faith make me happy? | DoubleTake](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/doubletake-with-yaqeen-podcast/can-faith-make-me-happy-doubletake-podcast.md) (2021)
- [What is Piety? | Animation](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/animation/what-is-piety-animation.md) (2019)