A woman in her menstrual period
- A. is not exempted from all forms of ‘ibādah
- B. is exempted from all forms of ‘ibādah
- C. has options to do ‘ibādah
- D. can only perform the obligatory prayers
The text of talbiyah in hājj emphasizes the pilgrim’s
- A. readiness to observe the rites of ℎājj to the end
- B. realization of the uniqueness of the rites of ℎājj
- C. recognition of Allah’s absolute authority
- D. aspiration for a reward
An adult Muslim travels 300km by road during the month of Ramadān and arrives at his destination on the same day. He spends three days and returns on the fifth
day.He is allowed to defer his fasting of the
- A. first day
- B. last day
- C. first and last days
- D. first to the last days
At the end of his prayer, how may sitting for at-tashahud are expected of someone who misses two rak’ats in a congregational salā al-Maghrib?
- A. Four
- B. Three
- C. Two
- D. One.
The second hadīth in an-Nawawi’s collection teaches that it is righteousness to worship Allah as if
- A. one would die the following day
- B. He would punish one on the spot
- C. one was seeing Him physically
- D. one would live forever.
Accountability is an act of worship
- A. though it is not mentioned in the Qur’ān
- B. because it is specifically mentioned in the Qur’ān
- C. being one of the fundamental principles of Islam
- D. in matters relating to religious rites
In Sūrat al-falaq, the Qur’ān refers to an element of witchcraft and the
- A. evils of back-biting
- B. mischief of created beings
- C. evils of jinns and men
- D. mischief of the envious one.
Fortune telling is un-Islamic
- A. only when it is done by non-Muslims
- B. when Islamic scriptures are not used for it
- C. only in matters relating to religious practices.
- D. at all times and in all matters.
According to Qur’ān 4:48, to set up partners with Allah is a great offense which Allah will not forgive
- A. except the Prophet (S.A.W) intercedes
- B. until He has forgiven all other sins
- C. except the offender repents
- D. even if He forgives all other sins.
An aspect of the Nigerian culture which may be regarded as shirk is
- A. excessive spending at burial ceremonies
- B. worship of ancestors
- C. signing and dancing in public
- D. ceremonies involving social interaction between boys and girls
The prophet whose wife was impious and consequently suffered the same calamity with the unbelievers was
- A. Shu’aib
- B. Yūsuf
- C. Mūsa
- D. Lūt
According to Islamic teachings, angels are
- A. like human beings
- B. of divine nature
- C. a class of jinns
- D. loyal servants of Allah
‘Still less can their knowledge comprehend the hereafter …’ Q. 27:66).
This verse above of the Qur’ān implies that
- A. man’s knowledge of the Hereafter can only be partial
- B. most men do not believe in the Hereafter
- C. man’s comprehension of the expectations in the Hereafter is a always on the decrease
- D. it is difficult to deceive in the Hereafter
‘Say: I am but a man like yourselves, (but) The inspiration has come to me …’ (Q.18:110)
In relation to Kalimat sh-shahādah, the verse quoted above
- A. traces the origin of the expression
- B. is a summary of the content
- C. emphasizes a part of the content
- D. proves that any other prophet could take the place of Muhammed (S.A.W)
The divine attribute of omnipotence is implied in
- A. as-Samī
- B. al-Basīr
- C. al-Qadīr
- D. al-‘Alīm.
In the Islamic belief system, the opposite of Tawhīd is
- A. Qadar
- B. Qadā
- C. Shirk
- D. Shukr.
The authenticity of a hadīth may be faulted if
- A. its wording is too close to the text of the Qur''ān
- B. it is no longer than a verse of the Qur''ān
- C. its narrator was not from Makkah
- D. it contradicts a Qur''ānic injuction
Imām Mālik Ibn Anās was born in
- A. Makkah
- B. al-Madīnah
- C. Kūfah
- D. Basra
From the above, the goal of luqmān’s counsel to his son:… As contained in sūrah 31:13 is to
- A. discourage pride
- B. encourage goodness to parents
- C. warn against finding partners for Allah
- D. uphold the principle of justice
‘It is most hateful in the sight of Allah that you say that which you do not’ (Q. 61:3). The main teaching of the verse above is honesty in
- A. deeds
- B. words
- C. words and deeds
- D. deeds and worship
Asmā’ ar – rijāl is a term used by scholars of
- A. jurisprudence
- B. hadīth
- C. usūl
- D. history