استفہام کے معانی و مفاہیم
لفظ استفہام باب فہم یفہم کے وز ن استفعال کا مصدر ہے، جس کے لغوی معنیٰ’’دریافت کرنا، سمجھنے کی خواہش کرنا،پوچھناَ ہیں۔[[1]]
ابن منظور افریقی لفظ استفہام سے متعلق لکھتے ہیں:
استفہام سے مراد "کسی چیز کو سمجھنا اور سمجھانا ہے۔"[[2]]
اصطلاح میں استفہام سے مراد ہے کہ:
"نا معلوم چیز کو ادوات استفہام سے جاننے کی کوشش کرنا"۔[[3]]
[[1]] فیروز الدین مولوی،فیروز اللغات،فیروزسنز، لاہور، ۴ ۲۰۱ء،ص۹۱۔
[[2]] افریقی ،ابن منظور ،محمد بن مکرم ،مکتبہ دار صادر،بیروت، ۲۰۱۰ء، مادة ف ه م۔
[[3]] ابن فارس،احمد بن فارس بن زکریا الرازی، الصاحبى فى فقه اللغة العربية ومسائلھا وسنن العرب فی کلامھا،تحقیق: ڈاکٹر مصطفیٰ الشواعی،دارالکتب العلمیہ،بیروت،۱۹۶۴ء، ص۱۸۱۔
Kindness is the attribute of Almighty Allah, which is mentioned many times in the Holy Quran. Prompt relief a disease is also an aspect of the kindness of almighty Allah. Treating an ill person is appreciated and preferred significantly in Islam. This article discusses the Islamic jurisdiction of the various forms of treatment and medication, prevailing in the society. Prior to the juristic discourse, the paper gives detail of the medications including the verdicts of renowned scholars along with their parameters and valuable. Cure and timely is concern of every individual of the society. It is obviously significant to educate the masses about the nature and various religious issues regarding medication practices with regard to teachings of Islam.
In the current literature, the role of the head teacher in teachers' professional development has became a foremost concern as compared to the past where head teachers were considered as Fullan says, ;gatekeepers' and administrators of policy. Mostly, professional development was hijacked by external agencies such as educational institutions, donors and other initiators without acknowledging head teachers' role in the initiation. The current literature says that the head teacher plays a key role in teachers' professional development in the school but the question still remains in my mind: is it so in reality? Keeping the question in view, this study was carried out to explore the nature of head teachers' involvement in teachers' professional development. The study was conducted in a government and private system of education in Karachi Pakistan. A qualitative paradigm was followed with a sample of thirteen ADISM (Advance Diploma in School Management) graduate head teachers from the government and the private systems. In this study a small-scale survey for baseline information and follow-up interviews were conducted to collect adequate data. The findings of the study show that almost all the research participants were involved in teachers' professional development in some way. However, there is a difference in their nature of involvement in professional development activities. In the private school the head teachers are providing professional support to the teachers through scheduled [formal] and unscheduled [informal] activities, whereas, in the government system the head teachers are providing professional support to the teachers through informal activities. Further, the study found out some similar issues in both systems The findings show that the head teachers in government system do not have autonomy to go beyond what is stipulated in the policy. They cannot institutionalize any professional development activity without the permission of a higher authority in the system Thus I have recommended for there to be a change in the government policy to empower head teachers to take initiatives to address the needs of the school.