[ VOLUME 5 I ISSUE 3 I JULY– SEPT 2018] E ISSN 2348 –1269, PRINT ISSN 2349-5138 1262 IJRAR- International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews Research Paper A’dat (Habit) Development And Its Impact on Temperament Noor, H.* & Abul Faiz * & Ferasat Ali ** P.G. scholar *, Professor ** Dept of kulliyat, Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, AMU, Aligarh, UP, India. There is a great impact of habit on temperament of a person as habit (A’dat) are all those works or activities a person performs according to his suitable temperament. A temporary activity when exceeds a duration and a person use to do that on the regular basis becomes his habit. This habit obviously has little or more impact on the temperament change in that person according to type of habit acquired by him. If the habit is good then temperament will tend to be towards equability (Moatadil) and if the habit is bad it will affect body humors and shifts the temperament towards dystemperament (Sue-e-Mizaj). A’dat is different from routine, as it is not necessary all routines are to be A’dat. In this paper we have made an attempt to find that how habit affects the temperament and is there any hormonal correlation between habit and temperament. Keywords: Unani system of medicine, habit (A’dat), temperament, Quwat-e-Nafsaniya. INTRODUCTION What is A’dat? Origin: عادتʻādat is the broad term derived from Arabic language for describing a variety of local customary tradition and practices . Its synonyms are custom, habit, manner, usage, practice. The term habit originates from Middle English: from Old French abit, habit, from Latin habitus ‘condition, appearance’, from habere ‘have, consist of’. [1] Cambridge dictionary had defined habit as; something that you do often and regularly , sometimes without knowing that you are doing it, or something annoying that someone often does, or a strong physical need to keep taking a particular drug . [2] In dictionary of oxford it can be taken as “A settled or regular tendency or practice, or especially one that is hard to give up”. Informally, it is an addictive practice. As per psychology it can be defined as an automatic reaction to a specific situation. Another contrast is that, it is the tendency for something done very frequently to become automatic. [3] Definition: A’dat (habit) is a usual behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. [4] The American Journal of Psychology (1903) defines a habit, from the point of view of psychology, as a more or less fixed way of thinking, willing, or feeling acquired through previous repetition of a mental experience. [5] Habitual behavior often goes unobserved in persons exhibiting it, because a person does not need to engage in self-analysis when undertaking routine tasks. Habits are sometimes compulsory. New behaviors can become automatic through the process of habit formation. Old habits are hard to break and new habits are hard to be acquired because the behavioral patterns which humans repeat become imprinted in neural pathways, but it is possible to form new habits through repetition. This increases the automaticity of the behavior in that context. Features of an automatic behavior are all or some of efficiency, lack of awareness, unintentionality, uncontrollability. [5, 6] Ismail Jurjani in his book Zakheera Khawarizam Shahi states that when any work is performed repeatedly either short in duration, likewise if any kind of diet is taken in small quantity ( kamiyat) but repeatedly then both the things either it is work or diet becomes A’dat (habit) of that person. There is such a tendency in human nature that if something is done gradually and regularly as their A’dat (habit) and this habit becomes similar to their mizaj asli (real temperament). Habit after becoming just like temperament of one’s personality reach to such a point that if the habit of any kind like taking of some bad item of food or doing some foul work is kept on continue it would not be such harmful to habitual person but there is a fact that delayed effects will be seen in them so it is better for them to quit such habits gradually instead of suddenly. Same happens with good habits but here good results are achieved so person should continue such habits for the benefits. [6] Temperament and choice of A’dat: Depending on temperament, it can be more prone to exhibit certain virtues and qualities; they can be classified as good, moderate and bad. Throughout the day, a person constantly faces with the choice: Good or bad. Every time you exercise the virtues or any activity that brings the temperament towards the bright side, you choose good. When you exercise the activities that bring the temperament towards the dark side of the temperament, you essentially choose bad. The performative Received: May 24 , 2018 Accepted: July 02 , 2018 ABSTRACT