The current research investigated relationship between faith in Allah and life satisfaction among the cardiac patients. Purposive sampling strategy was used. The sample was composed of 100 adult Muslim hospitalized cardiac patients (50 male and 50 female patients) within the age range of 40-70 years from private and public hospitals of Lahore city of Pakistan. Survey research design was used. *Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (LSQ) and *Faith in Allah Questionnaire (FAQ) were developed by Farooqi and Tariq (2009); and were individually administered to all the research participants to assess their level of life satisfaction and faith in Allah. The reliability for FAQ was a .96 and for LSQ was a .88. Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis was performed with SPSS (version 11.5). The results suggested that the participants' faith in Allah was the strongest predictor of life satisfaction (β = .66, p <. 01). Furthermore, significant positive relationship was found between faith in Allah and life satisfaction among the cardiac patients (r = .74, p <.01, respectively). However, no significant gender differences were found in life satisfaction and faith in Allah. These findings are consistent with the prior research findings of the Western and predominantly Christian countries. The current research findings have implications for promoting our understanding of relationship between life satisfaction and faith in Allah among the Muslim cardiac patients. Moreover, these findings may be used for the introduction of more comprehensive treatment strategies and rehabilitation programs for the cardiac patients by their cardiologists and related medical professionals.

Keyword: Faith in Allah, Life Satisfaction, Cardiac Patients, Muslim

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