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               156  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (32): 147-189, Autumn. 2022
               to  be  his  own  person  and             In Islamic concepts, Leisure
               express  himself.  From  the           Time  is  an  opportunity  to
               historical  point  of  view,           fertilize    the     tree     of
               this    type     of    attitude        happiness  of  every  human
               towards  leisure  time  is             being,  during  which  it  is

               related  to  the  privileged           useful  not  only  for  the
               group  who  have  been  so             individual,  but  also  for
               prosperous  in  terms  of              others.

               financial independence and                In  the  religion  of  Islam,
               time     that    they     could        an  important  warning  has
               provide a way of life based            been  given  for  people's

               on leisure time under ideal            leisure days, because idleness
               conditions. (Haywood et al,            and  passive  leisure  lead  to
               2001)                                  satanic desires. As  a  result

                                                      of healthy activities, not only
                   3.  Islam  and  Leisure            unemployment  opportunities
                      Time                            and  sometimes  crime  and
               Many  blessings  have  been            unethical activities are reduced,

               bestowed       upon      God's         but  also  the  activity  of  the
               believers.  One  of  these             society.
               blessings is religion, which              Imam Ali says:

               guides human in all parts of              “If giving in to a job is a
               daily life including Leisure              source of hardship, permanent
               Time which also encompasses               unemployment  is  also  a

               in  all  aspects  of  Muslim              cause  of  corruption”.
               life.  (Fahs  and  Kanso,                 (Mofid, Vol. 1: 298)
               2022: 140)
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