Relationship between islamic personality and spiritual practices among muslim students

Majority of Muslims possess characteristics of Islamic personality and practice spirituality in the form of prayer, fasting, meditation etc. Because of performing spiritual practices they know how to cope with difficulties and can flourish. Islamic/spiritual practices recommended by the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) help us to bring tranquillity in our mind and heart, and keep us alive. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between spiritual practices and Islamic personality and their dimensions among Muslim students belonging to Uttar Pradesh and Jammu &Kashmir. One hundred seventy five Muslim students (102 male & 73 female) were selected from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh through convenient sampling technique. The mean age and standard deviation of the respondents were 24.05 and 4.02 respectively. Results revealed significant relationships between Islamic personality and spiritual practices among students belonging to Jammu & Kashmir. Significant correlation coefficients were found between Islamic personality and spiritual practices on composite scores as well as on various dimensions among male students, whereas significant relationship exists between few dimensions of Islamic personality and spiritual practices among female students.