Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 44 1 2015 01 15 22 7 Tahereh Seghatoleslam Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia AND Dept. of Clinical Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran . Hussain Habil Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ahmad Hatim Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Rusdi Rashid Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Abolfazl Ardakan Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Farid Esmaeili Motlaq Dept. of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya Center of Addiction Sciences (UMCAS) , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2015 10 14 Religion is one of the protective factors that facilities positive outcomes by preventing individuals from engaging in addictive substance. A recent study has confirmed that religion inhibits drug addiction. The concept of psychospiritual therapy was to introduce drug addiction. Therefore, of the various methods of psychotherapy, the usage of Taqwa (piety) emerged as an applicable method of Islamic spiritual therapy. This study was conducted in Malaysia as a Muslim country and focuses on Islamic recommendations and its relation to spiritual therapy. https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/3732 https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/3732/3405