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Music is a universal element unanimously deemed as entertainment in human life and received differently in communities. Music is identical to young people but not exclusive to them per se. The senior citizens too are not immune from listening to music for their pleasure past times. The effectiveness of music for the elderly as a factor of spiritual happiness is however uncertain and it leaves room for research. Therefore, this study aims to examine the role of music as a factor of spiritual happiness for the senior citizen. In this research, its qualitative study attempts to identify the happiness factor for the elderly stemming from music, using data collected from field study that which involves questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with ten senior citizens selected for the purpose who reside in an elderly care centre named Pusat Jagaan Warga Emas Darul Hanan Pulau Pinang in the state of Penang. The study finds that all ten senior citizen surveyed, agree that music is a factor that can raise spiritual happiness in them. This alone is evident that music is indeed able to yield spiritual happiness to the elderly in this care center and fit for use as entertainment so long as it is not contrary to the context allowed in Islam. Music genre such as marhaban, qasidah, nashid are often the music of choice for this group of age.
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To Cite this Article: Mustaffa, N. H., & Akhir, N. S. M. (2020). Music as a Factor in Spiritual Happiness: A Case Study on Senior Citizen in Darul Hanan Elderly Care Centre, Penang. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 10(10), 718-730.
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