The Impact of Religious Struggle on Muslim’s Life Satisfaction Who Perform Hijrah: Religious Transformation as a Mediator

Although research consistently shows that religion has a significant impact on life satisfaction, not all Muslims who perform hijrah can achieve life satisfaction. Even some of them returned to doing things that were against Islamic law before performing hijrah. This study aims to determine whether religious transformation is a mediating variable and the effect of religious struggle on life satisfaction in Muslims who perform hijrah. The research method used was a quantitative approach with 225 Muslims who perform hijrah obtained through snowball sampling. The research instruments are the Psychological Measure of Islamic Religiosity (PMIR) subscale of religious struggle and religious transformation and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). The statistical analysis results using the Structural Equation Model (SEM) Partial Least Square show that religious struggle has a significant negative effect on life satisfaction, whereas religious transformation has a mediating effect on the relationship between the two variables. This implies that if Muslims who perform hijrah are still experiencing religious struggles, it will be difficult for them to achieve life satisfaction. However, by undergoing religious transformation, a person who is still struggling to perform hijrah will be able to achieve life satisfaction.