The Idealist Problem
Due to Amina’s high sensitivity, this sensitivity is often viewed negatively and she is criticised for it. Amina also struggles with criticism and sometimes sees it as a personal attack.
Upon hearing continuous criticism, Amina switches from being overly giving to feeling attacked, which leads to communication and relationship problems and breakdowns.
The Idealist Personality
Empathetic & giving
Sensitive
Hardworking
Inspirational
Guardian
Artisan
Idealist
Analyst
Amina, mother and entrepreneur, is very empathetic, inspirational, and influential personality. She loves helping others and has a passion in making the world a better place for everyone. She is very giving and accommodates for people’s emotions and needs, over her own needs at times. Thus, this personality tends to be very sensitive and requires others to be sensitive and accommodating towards their needs too.
Sahabah Match
This personality matches with the Sahabah: Khadija Bint Khuwaylid and Sa’d Bin Mu’ath (Radiallahu A’anhum).
The Solution
Special care needs to be taken when providing them with constructive criticism, if needed, e.g. giving them feedback privately, without embarrassing them in front of others, as this is hugely damaging to their personality.
Such personality also tends to do things wholeheartedly and requires praise and appreciation to their efforts. If their efforts aren’t acknowledged, it becomes very demotivating for them and suppresses their passion in helping and making the world a better place, as well as hindering their inspirational and influential traits.
Impact on Life
Nurturing this personality with love and compassion, accommodating for their emotional needs, and acknowledging their efforts, makes them feel valued and motivated to keep giving back and striving to make the world a better place for others. This also empowers them to be inspirational, motivational, and use their God-given strengths to be successful in both Dunya and Akhirah, as well as to serve their religion, like our inspirational mother of the believers Khadija (Radiallahu A’anha).
Role of a Sahabah match (umm Salamah Radiallahu A’anha) in serving Islam
In her business, Khadijah (Radiallahu A’anha) was both compassionate and hardworking, generously providing substantial funds to help others, assisting the poor, the sick, the disabled, orphans, and widows.
Khadija (Radiallahu A’anha) was a great entrepreneur and the mother of the believers; a leading woman who was respected by masses. She was the first woman to become a Muslim and fully believed in the Prophet ﷺ. When the prophet was given the Prophethood and was scared, His wife Khadija (Radiallahu A’anha) comforted him, calmed him and inspired him. She gave him great advice that Allah would certainly protect him from any harm, and would never disgrace him as He is a man of peace and reconciliation, supports the needy, and helps in the calamities of truth.