Features of the Prophetic Methodology in Building and Nurturing Creative Character among Youth

Abstract

This study aims—by adopting the inductive and deductive methodologies—to study the features of the Prophetic method in building and nurturing the creative personality among youth, in light of authentic evidence from the Prophetic tradition. The research seeks to answer the following questions:  How does the Prophetic tradition consider the creative character? What are the features of the Prophet's approach in building the creative character on both psychological and intellectual levels? FHow did the features of the Prophet's approach also manifest in nurturing the creative character? The importance of the study lies in its contribution to examining the reality of creativity in the Islamic nation and using those features as a standard to gauge the nation's proximity or distance from the correct foundational principles for developing creative individuals in various aspects of life. The research also aims to outline the Prophet’s methodology in building and nurturing the creative personality, to serve as a roadmap for the Islamic nation in the creative development of its members. This will help them understand their reality, meet their desires and needs, ensure proper care befitting creatives, and alert wise leaders and decision-makers to gaps and weaknesses that need to be addressed and corrected in the Islamic creative endeavor. The study, through the results it has reached, has observed various aspects of Prophetic care for the issue of creativity through the applications of the noble Prophetic guidance in the psychological and intellectual development of the creative individual, and in creating a nurturing system for the creative personality that ensures the integrity of the development, its protection, monitoring, and proper guidance.