The Role of Inabah Da’wah in Psychospiritual Rehabilitation for Drug Addiction: A Narrative Review

Abstract

Drug addiction is a global crisis that affects public health and social well-being and involves complex interactions in biology, psychology, society, and spirituality. Relapse after conventional treatment reveals the limitations of existing approaches and demands holistic psychospiritual interventions. Inabah da’wah has emerged as a systematic psychospiritual intervention that has proven effective in addressing this issue, but the lack of empirical and conceptual synthesis in Malaysia and Indonesia means that its role is still not fully described. Therefore, the study aims to examine the role of Inabah da’wah in drug rehabilitation and assess its implications for the psychospiritual rehabilitation of addicts, especially in terms of its contribution. This study uses a qualitative approach based on a narrative review with a synthesis of indexed library sources that are analysed inductively. The findings show that Inabah da’wah serves as a structured psychospiritual rehabilitation approach that focuses on the internal transformation of addicts through strengthening the relationship with Allah SWT, restoring the bio-psycho-social-spiritual dimensions, and contributing significantly to the contemporary rehabilitation framework. The study emphasises Inabah da’wah as a complementary and contextual psychospiritual intervention for mainstream drug rehabilitation, strengthening its relevance in the contemporary rehabilitation landscape in the Nusantara region and international discourse