Therapeutic Effects of Islamic Intercessory Prayer on Warts

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine the therapeutic effects of Islamic intercessory prayer on warts. Forty-five participants who are mostly Muslims and infected with warts were randomized into three groups: Group-1 (uncertain, with intercessory prayer), Group-2 (uncertain, no intercessory prayer), and control group (informed, no intervention). Stress symptoms were also measured before and after prayer sessions for these three groups. The results revealed that there were no significant differences between the groups in terms of healing. Although participants believed in the therapeutic effects of prayer, when participants did not trust the intercessor, prayer had no effect on warts.

Believing (faith or hypnosis) that impacts on the healing of warts performed by neurophysiological mediators

“…A similar study reported that the participants prayed to God via an intercessor (an imam) and their warts were thus recovered. The study also reported that no effects were seen in the participants who did not trust the intercessor's prayers (5). Therefore, believing is a key issue both for prayer and hypnosis.…”

“…There is also another concept named ''intercessory prayer'', which means that a person performs prayer for the benefit of another person. Many people believe that intercessory prayer is very effective in recovering from illnesses (4,5), particularly in the Turkish society (6). In a study on the use of hypnoanalysis, 33 of 41 (80%) consecutive patients were cured, two were lost to follow-up, and six did not respond to treatment (7).…”

Salat Wajib Dan Salat Sunah Terhadap Kecemasan Akademik Pada Mahasiswa

“…Penelitian terdahulu menunjukkan bahwa praktik keagamaan, termasuk shalat, dapat berperan sebagai sumber koping positif dalam mengatasi tekanan psikologis (Abu-Raiya & Pargament, 2015). Terapi shalat diklaim mampu memberikan rasa ketenangan, meningkatkan kepercayaan diri, dan mengurangi tingkat kecemasan pada individu (Roussi, 2012).…”

Intervenções espirituais e/ou religiosas na saúde: revisão sistemática e meta-análise de ensaios clínicos controlados

“…Existem várias abordagens espirituais e religiosas atualmente utilizadas como terapêutica complementar. As preces intercessórias realizadas à distância, que podem ser com ou sem ciência do paciente, já foram realizadas em diversas doenças (Walker et al, 1997;Olver e Dutney, 2011;Hoşrik et al, 2014). Os resultados, porém apresentam-se contraditórios, alguns apresentando melhora nos sintomas avaliados (Olver e Dutney, 2011), outros neutros (Hoşrik et al, 2014) e outros ainda mostrando piora (Walker et al, 1997).…”

“…As preces intercessórias realizadas à distância, que podem ser com ou sem ciência do paciente, já foram realizadas em diversas doenças (Walker et al, 1997;Olver e Dutney, 2011;Hoşrik et al, 2014). Os resultados, porém apresentam-se contraditórios, alguns apresentando melhora nos sintomas avaliados (Olver e Dutney, 2011), outros neutros (Hoşrik et al, 2014) e outros ainda mostrando piora (Walker et al, 1997). A conclusão geral desses estudos é que existem dificuldades metodológicas para fundamentar os argumentos e necessidade de mais estudos sobre o assunto.…”