DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
Spirit of Islam, November 2016, p. 17
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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this development is that one person dispassionately listens to what the other person has to say because he knows that listening is not tantamount to acceptance. Lending a patient audience to a dissenting opinion is equivalent to enriching one’s own thought process. This habit inculcates broadmindedness and boosts creativity. In the sense of intellectual development, it makes man, a superman! His mind becomes like a flowing river which never gets stagnant because of influx of fresh thoughts. Such a mind constantly renews its thinking process and keeps on developing! It may become old physically but it never succumbs to the process of ageing in the intellectual sense— the thoughts always remain young and fresh! It may seem difficult to listen to a dissenting opinion when one is not in agreement with it. But one who can develop this intellectual skill shall certainly, after going through this process, emerge as an intellectual giant! o Team Work Team work requires sacrifice. Be patient with one another, put other's needs before your own, think of the good of others rather than what you desire. It may seem difficult to listen to a dissenting opinion when one is not in agreement with it. But one who can develop this intellectual skill shall certainly, emerge as an intellectual giant.

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