Characteristics and Criterion of Islamic Lifestyle; A Mata Analysis

The concept of Islamic Lifestyle is referring to the individuals’ selection of Islamic way of life. Lifestyle consist the observable portion of the individual life, but the basis of them is the attitudes and inner beliefs. Islamic lifestyle indicates the meaning of life and is affected by it. As the Islamic lifestyle indicates the meaning of life and is affected by it; Religion is the most important and in some ways the irreplaceable semantic system that plays a decisive role in lifestyle. More attention payed to Islamic lifestyle in recent decade, and researchers studied the subject from various aspects. The main objective of present article is to provide thematic categories, refining the meanings and concepts of Islamic lifestyle, identify the characteristics and indicators of Islamic lifestyle, explain the relationship between Islamic and western lifestyle. Meta-analysis method applied to reach to the object of study. According to selected criterion 29 papers which published during 2010-2020 were studied. Finding indicates the Islamic lifestyle like the other lifestyles is observable, identifiable, and measurable in to level of “attitude” and “action”. Islamic lifestyle has commonalities and differences with other lifestyle patterns. Commonalities is that, the Islamic lifestyle is also considerable at the “attitude” and “action” levels. In this pattern, at the attitude level, it is based on the basis of Islamic beliefs. At the behavior level, also based on the Islamic instructions of different areas of behavior (leisure, dressing, nutrition pattern, interaction and moral). Differences that Islamic lifestyle with others can be consider on the philosophy of life. Islamic lifestyle emphasis on the competent behavior on the bases of Islamic beliefs.