Disclaimer: There is a 5th temperament called jerk temperament, where the person labels people as this or that temperament and judges them. Please don't be this 5th temperament. :)
Assalāmu 'alaykum wa rahmatullāhi wa barakātuhu I'm really late to the party, so to speak, but could you give me the titles of any classical Arabic works on this subject by Sunni (Ash'arī, Māturidī, Atharī) scholars?
I am not expecting any answer from this comment because this video was uploaded 3 years ago but I am gonna ask it anyway. So, how are we supposed to benefit from this knowledge? Are there more lectures on this topic? For example, if I apply this chart to myself I see that most of my characteristics fall in the Earth / Water category. So, what benefit can I get from this knowledge?
The idea was to just introduce this concept out there. You could use this information to see what suits your temperaments and how to improve any akhlaaq weaknesses you notice.
@@DawudIsrael Hi! Thanks for the answer. I get what you are saying. But I still don't know "HOW" this helps me to improve my akhlaaq. For example, I already know the good and bad quality in me when I think about it. I am usually calm but sometimes, I can't control the sudden burst of anger and then, I regret lashing out at someone out of that anger. However, I usually calm down quite quickly after that because I realize that I should not be angry and I calm myself down for the sake of attaining Allah's pleasure. However, I can not control that initial sudden burst of anger that happens when I hear something rage-inducing. I was hoping that this chart or, the knowledge about this chart could somehow help me control that. But, just knowing about it does not help me because it is just terminology and it is not a method. All this allows me to do is to see that which group fits me the most. So, I was trying to know that how me figuring out my group from this chart helps me to improve my character. There must have been some reason behind the development of this chart (i.e. the separation of characteristics of a person under a group). I heard from a video of the Sheikh Hamza Yusuf that he was under Choleric and one of his sons was under Melancholic criteria so, he knows that he should be patient with that son. So, I am looking for these methods of how to deal with a particular group of people based on this chart. I hope I was able to express myself correctly. If you can help me out in this matter, It would be greatly appreciated.
The concept of temperaments/humourism is part of many holistic systems of medicine, if you are interested in learning more you could try and look at 'unani tibb' (also known as tibb an nabwi or just tibb). Let me send you a lecture that will help you understand this better m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HG2dePcqnb0.html Well known individuals who are leading experts in this field; -Hakim Conrad Archuletta -Hakim Salim Khan -Hakim M G Chisti -Dr Mujeeb Hoosen You can find their lectures and books online
There was a lecture that I heard this in, but the lecture wasn’t completely on this topic, this topic had a mention as much as given in this video I don’t remember the name of the lecture, sorry
@@sarsharsayyed Jazak Allah Khairan Akhi for your informative response. I actually found a talk by Hakim Archuletta which goes into a bit more more detail. It should be on the Islam on Demand Channel if anyone is interested.
I doubt it? I think that this is more correlated with ones states of mind rather than actual categories of one's personality. I don't think it would be ever possible to simplify people's personalities into categories but Allah knows Best
