اسلام میں سد ذرائع کی اہمیت

The Islamic laws prevent us from the evil deeds. As well as, according to Shariah, it is permissible and sometimes even compulsory to save the believers from the actions that may lead them towards the banned activities. Therefore, the ruling of prohibition from these types of activities is called Sadd-e-Zaree’a. This is the principle extracted from the Quran and Sunnah. As Almighty Allah forbade the believers to say ‘Ra’ina’ because this word was used by Jews knowingly in a wrong manner with evil intentions, whereas, Muslims presented their requests by this same word in the highest court of The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for seeking easiness and relaxation in their concerned matters. As in Quran: O People who Believe, do not say (to the Prophet Mohammed- peace and blessings be upon him), " Ra’ina (Be considerate towards us)" but say, " Unzurna (Look mercifully upon us)", and listen attentively in the first place. [Baqarah 2: 104]. (To disrespect the Holy Prophet – peace and blessings be upon him – is blasphemy.) Another example by Hadith, in this regard, it is also evidenced by the good character of The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that sometimes He stopped himself intentionally from the permissible activities lest the common masses may involve in undesired activities on the basis of The Holy Prophet’s act. Concisely, keen consideration is required on rational basis when explaining the Shariah rulings of any matter. Otherwise, the beauty andbenefits of the Shariah may be lost. Consequently, to prevent from the future turmoil is actually the spirit of Sadd-e-Zaree’ah. As this is the actually basic need and prerequisite of Shariah. It saves and prevents its believers form expected turmoil. Therefore, if the risk of turmoil would trigger with committing the permissible activity it must be abandoned due to the risk of turmoil.

Facilitating Teachers for Gender Sensitive Political Literacy Instruction

This thesis posts the view that the emphasis only on acquisition of factual knowledge will not remain as important for students in future as it is now. The thesis argues that the dominant traditional mode of teaching which stresses rote memorization of facts and figures produce passive citizens who are incapable of active participation in the society. The purpose of this study was to understand how a teacher educator could facilitate gender sensitive political literacy instruction. It was assumed that developing gender sensitive political literacy instruction would result in cultivating the desired skills and attitudes in students that would help them to become politically literate and active citizens of the society. Action Research was undertaken which involved reconnaissance, planning, implementing the plan, and finally reflecting on the whole process. The process helped to unveil the possibilities and challenges in educating teachers for developing gender sensitive political literacy instruction. A critical account of the findings revealed that there are possibilities for a teacher educator to facilitate gender sensitive political literacy instruction in a developing context like Pakistan if some major obstacles are overcome which are: lack of pre-service training of teachers and authoritative school environment.