آداب الحوار في القرآن الكريم والسنة النبوية صلى الله عليه وسلم

Human beings are innately filled with prejudices and biases. Interaction of these biases and building alternative views involve dexterous efforts. The dialogue approach could be thought of as positive disposition to others which encourages the virtues of neighborliness, friendship and mutual trust and caring. The current paper discusses the importance of dialogue in every field of life, if there is any misunderstanding or controversies among individuals, communities, societies, and religions. Islam has emphasized on the dialogue for resolving the misconceptions. The present study defines dialogue literally and technically by denoting its legitimacy from primary sources of the Islamic Law. The present study mani-fests the differences of several terms relevant to dialogue such as Jidal and Munazarah. It also denotes some illustrations of dialogue from the Holy Qur’an and Ahadith of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).  The main focus of the article is on the ethics of dialogue in the light of Qur’an and Sunnah including the conditions and qualifications of a person, who is capable for dialogue in accordance attributes prescribes by Shari‘ah. The conversation must be in a good environment and usage of the words, phrases, and statements have much more importance in the success of a perfect dialogue. The research concludes that an expert and competent person should be selected for such dialogues and recommends that such scholars should be trained in developing strong communication and debating skills in every situation.

Academic Performance of Hearing Impaired Children Who Received Early Intervention

Background: For proper development of every child, hearing plays a vital role, especially for children who are younger than 5 years, because it is said to be the most crucial time period for speech and language development. Hearing impairment can cause emotional, social, and academic problems. Early screening, diagnosis, intervention, and management have positive effects on the child’s emotional, social, familial as well as on the academic performance. Objective: To find out the academic performance of hearing impaired children who received early intervention in Lahore. Methodology: The study included randomly selected 97 hearing impaired students aging between 4-12 years with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), using hearing aids/cochlear implant studying in hamza foundation, Lahore. Data was collected by visiting selected special institutes/schools, teachers of participants filled a questionnaire to evaluate school performance and academic reports of final grade examination were collected. Data obtained was analyzed through SPSS version 25. Results: Results indicate that children with hearing impaired who received early intervention had good results in English, Science and Maths ranging between 80 to 99 % while had fair results in Urdu and Islamiyat in between 70-79 % grades. Hence, we can say that hearing impaired children (age 4 to 12) have good academic performance in many subjects. Conclusion: Children with hearing impairment have complications in some areas of academics, especially in listening and imitation of subjects like Urdu (structure of words) or Islamiyat (due to Arabic talafuz) but also have great academic performance in Math, English, Science and Social studies with overall grades between 80 to 90 %. Key Words: Early intervention, Hearing impairment, Academic performance,