Islamic-View Admin
“Criticism” can be good if it results in a positive behavior change or it can
be bad when it ends up hurting relationships and not causing the intended
change. Lately, “criticism” has been used primarily in a negative sense because
the way it’s used by people.
Nothing seems to
gradually erode relationships (sometimes causing irreversible damage) than
criticizing people around us negatively. The goal of constructive criticism, as
it is sometimes called, should be to correct people’s mistakes – but not to
bring them down. What good is criticizing someone when the recipient of the
critical feedback ends up having negative feelings about the one providing the
feedback? What good is criticism when the mistake or behavior is never
corrected due to the ill feelings that one develops about the person showering
that criticism? What good is criticism when the person being criticized pulls
away from the person providing it?
The following
paragraphs taken from Dr. al-Arifi’s famous book "Enjoy your Life" provides an insight into
this topic. For those of us who may be unaware of how our day to day critical
feedback may be pushing us away from our loved ones can take note and look to
improve the art of correcting others.
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