How Can I become a Better Person

The MBTI Personality Test and Islam (with transliteration)

Identify your inborn preferences and Refine them!

Rules

Kullun Muyassarun lima khuliqa lah Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then guided it aright.(Ch. 20, verse 50)

Rules (Contd)

Everybody is born for a reason and has a mission in life. Allah endows us with capabilities to do our mission in life. Complementarity in the world.

Rules (Contd)

We have to identify our skills/capabilities with Allahs guidance, improve and capitalize on them for the dawahs sake. We have to refine weaknesses in view of Islamic manners (Quran + Prophetic guidance)

Outcome
Whosoever does righteous good deed, it is for (the benefit of) his own self; and whosoever does evil, it is against his own self. And your Lord is not at all unjust to (His) slaves (Ch. 41, verse 46) Righteousness is good character and wrong doing is that which wavers in your heart and about which you do not want people to know (Prophet Muhammad PBUH)

The Four Dichotomies

Extraversion --- Introversion (What energizes you) Sensing --- Intuition (What info grab your attention) Thinking --- Feeling (How you make your decisions) Judging --- Perceiving (How you lead your life)

What is your type?

16 Personality Types

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Main Islamic Refining (refer to Handout)

Extravert: Dont be nosy Min husni islamil mar2 tarkuhu mala ya3neeh. Dont talk too much Not a word does one utter but there is a watcher ready (to record it) (Ch. 50, verse 18).

Main Islamic Refining (refer to Handout)

Introvert:
Dont hold grudgesThose who spend (in Allahs cause) in prosperity and in adversity, who repress anger, and who pardon men; verily, Allah loves those who do good to others. (Ch. 3, verse 134). A higher station: The good deed and the evil deed cannot be equal. Repel (the evil) with one which is better (Ch. 41, verse 34) Husn ath-than Make good excuses even for those who treat you badly... O you who believe! Avoid much suspicion; indeed some suspicions are sins (Ch. 49, verse 12).

Main Islamic Refining (refer to Handout)

Sensing:
Tawakkol Relying on Allah SWT. You can never take EVERYTHING into consideration Dont plot too much! But the evil plot encompasses only him who makes it. (Ch. 35, verse 43).

Intuition:
Watch out from too much hope/dreaming satan makes promises to them, and arouses in them false desires; and satans promises are nothing but deceptions (Ch. 4, verse 120).

Main Islamic Refining (refer to Handout)

Thinking:
Dont be too blunt Invite mankind to the Way of your Lord (Islam) with wisdom and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better (Ch. 16, verse 125). And by the Mercy of Allah, you dealt with them gently. And had you been severe and harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about you (Ch. 3, verse 159).

Feeling:
Allah SWT comes first: So follow not the lusts (of your heart), lest you avoid justice; and if you distort your witness or refuse to give it, verily Allah is Ever Well-Acquainted with what you do. (Ch. 4, verse 135).

Main Islamic Refining (refer to Handout)

Judging Remember always that everything is by the Will of Allah (regardless of how hard you plan!). Perceiving Time Management. Time of a Muslim is very valuable

Jazakum Allahu Khayran