الامام ضیاء المقدسی و منھجہ فی کتابہ الاحادیث المختارۃ

Different scholars have compiled the books which contain a large numbers of authentic Ahadith (Ahadith Sahiha), to achieve this purpose, they introduced different hadith sciences to distinguish between the true and the fabricated hadith. The authentic Sunnah is contained within the vast body of Hadith literature. One of them is Imam Zia ul Maqdasi. Imam Zia Uddin Muhammad bin Abdul Wahid Maqdasi’s book “Al Ahadith al Makhtara” is one of the best books of its kind. Many Islamic scholars have declared it better than Imam Hakim’s book Al Mustadrak. Allama Iraqi, one of his contemporaries said that the Ahadith given in his book Al Ahadith al Makhtara were not ascertained to be authentic before. Only those Ahadith have been given in this book whose asaneed are correct but they have not been reported by Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim. Also, one of the strengths of this book is that it reflects the glimpses of Muajam. Imam Maqdasi wrote this book in the manner of Masaneed that is to say that he mentioned the name of the companion of the Holy Prophet (SAW) and then reported his traditions. Sometimes he also indicates the factors responsible for the interruption in the authenticity of Ahadith. But, sadly, Imam Maqdasi passed away and could not complete this great book. In this article I will discuss the Imam Zia ul Maqdasi approach towards “Ahadith Sahiha” in his book Al Ahadith ul Mukhtara.

Relationship Between Workplace Harassment and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Pakistani Female Healthcare Professionals

The current research was conducted to investigate relationship between workplace harassment and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Pakistani female healthcare professionals. Survey research design was used. The purposive sample was composed of 300 female healthcare professionals within age range from 20 to 59 years (100 doctors, 100 house-job doctors and 100 certified nurses). The sample was drawn from five different public hospitals (Mayo Hospital, Ganga Ram Hospital, Jinnah Hospital, Lady Willington Hospital and Sheikh Zayed Hospital) of Lahore city. Written consent was individually obtained from all the participants. Björkquist, Osterman and Hjelt- Beck‘s (1992) Work Harassement Scale (WHS), Kamal and Tariq ̳s (1997) Sexual Harassment Experience Questionnaire (SHEQ) and Weathers, Litz, Herman, Huska and Keane‘s (1993) PTSD Civilian Checklist (PCL-C) were individually administered to the participants to determine their reported workplace harassment and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Written permission was granted by the authors to the researcher for use of WHS (1992); SHEQ (1997); and PCL-C (1993) in the current research project. The SPSS (version 14.0) was used. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was performed to determine the relationship between workplace harassment and posttraumatic stress symptoms reported by the female healthcare professionals. The findings suggested significant positive relationship between general workplace harassment and posttraumatic stress symptoms (r = .52, **p < .01); and sexual harassment and posttraumatic stress symptoms (r = .65, **p < .01). Hierarchical Multiple Regression analysis was performed to determine the impact of demographic variables (age, education, job status, job experience, monthly income, marital status) and workplace harassment on posttraumatic stress symptoms. The results indicated that workplace harassment and sexual harassment were thestrongest predictors for posttraumatic stress symptoms, whereas, none of the demographic variables accounted for variance. Furthermore, the results suggest statistically significant differences in posttraumatic stress symptoms reported by all the participants who were exposed to serious general and sexual workplace harassment, moderate workplace harassment and minimal workplace harassment. The findings of this research would promote our understanding of the relationship among workplace harassment, posttraumatic stress symptoms and the demographic variables; such as age, job status, education and marital status of the female doctors, house-job doctors and nurses in the Pakistani healthcare system. Furthermore, these findings have implications for the prevention of workplace harassment and posttraumatic stress symptoms as well as introduction of timely interventions for the promotion of mental health of the victims of workplace harassment in the Pakistani healthcare system.