Mujahadatun nafs and riyadhatun nafs practices informing the religious personality among universities / Noraini Ismail ... [et al.]

Social problems involving university students have shown that some Muslim students still have a low
level of religious personality. Based on the study, low level of religious personality will drag Muslim individuals
to be involved with negative behaviour, while Muslim individuals with good religious personality will give birth
to a Muslim community with noble morals and high level of religious appreciation. According to al-Ghazali, selfimprovement and the construction of religious personality can be done through the process of tazkiyah al-nafs
(self-purification) by applying the concept of mujahadatun nafs (at-takhalli) and riyadhatun nafs (al-tahalli) in
daily practice. This study aims to look at the impact of mujahadatun nafs (at-takhalli) and riyadhatun nafs (altahalli) practices on religious personality and the needs of these two concepts on forming religious personality
among university students. Library research through content analysis method has been used in this study. Findings
revealed that the concept of mujahadatun nafs (al-takhalli) and riyadhatun nafs (al-tahalli) can contribute to
behavioural changes, shaping of morals and religious personality among Muslim. The implementation of these
two concepts is needed as a solution and recovery to moral malfunctions and social problems involving students
in university. The findings can be used as a guide for the university in developing human development
programmes especially in the moral, spiritual aspect and strengthening religious personalities of the students