Question 1 of 20 49 total questions
Ignorance of religious rites and duties is not excusable in Islam because
A it is obligatory on all Muslims to seek knowledge
B most Muslims can read and write Arabic
C books of Islamic jurisprudence have been translated into many languages
D the Islamic system of education is highly developed all over the world.
Ahmad bab, one of the early West African ‘Ulamā’, was based in
A Sokoto
B Borno
C Timbuktu
D Mali
One of the ways by which Islamic civilization was manifested in West Africa was
A the employment of scholars of Arabic as envoys by kings and emperors
B construction of palaces based on Arab technology
C establishment of universities to train scientists
D recruitment of Muslim medical personnel to man health institutions
Ihyā’ ‘Ulūm ad-dīn is the title of a book written by
A ibn Sīna
B al-Ghazālī
C ar-Rāzī
D Ibn Rushd.
The earliest contact of Islam with Africa dates back to the period of
A ‘Umar b. Khattāb
B ‘Uthmān b. ‘Affān
C ‘Alī b. Abī Tālib
D Muhammad b. ‘Abdullāh
The Caliph who appointed the shūrā Council to produce a successor after his death was
A Abū Bakr as-Siddīq
B ‘Umar b. Khattāb
C ‘Uthmān b. ‘Affān
D ‘Alī b. Ab ī Tālib
Compared with the situation in Makkah before Hijrad, the da’wah in al-Madina was more
A persecution oriented
B of an internal affair of believers
C far-reaching
D intensive but less successful
In the course of hijjat’l - widā, Muslims were taught to
A shun alcohol and games of chance
B pay zakāℎ regularly and fast annually
C treat women and domestic servants kindly
D ensure promptness and impartiality in the dispensation of justice
The pre-Islamic practice of shigār which was abolished by Islam meant
A trade by barter
B exchange of female slaves
C exchange of sisters in wedlock
D gambling.
‘And consult them in the affairs …’(Qur’ān 3:159). This expression emphasizes the importance of the principle of
A shūrā
B mu’āmalah
C tatfīf
D bay’ah
In the Islamic economic system, baytuk māl is equivalent to the
A commercial bank
B public treasury
C common market
D community bank
The Sunni school of thought noted for resorting frequently to the use of personal opinion was that of Imām
A Mālik
B Abū Hanīfah
C Shafi i
D Hambal
The sharīah contrasts with the common law because the former is
A flexible
B universal
C temporal
D immutable
Which one of the following actions may be regarded as Mubāℎ?
A Acquisition of knowledge
B Smoking
C Salāt ash-Shaf
D Shaking hands while greeting
In Islamic law of inheritance, the brother of a deceased person who had a son is to
A take a larger share of the inheritance
B take half of the share of the son
C get equal share with the son
D be excluded from inheritance
In Islamic law on divorce, the custody of a child aged two years or less is normally conceded to the
A father
B mother
C aunt
D grandmother
The practice of comparing the back of one’s wife to that of one’s mother as a method of divorce was known as
While polygamy is permitted in Sūraℎ 4:3, Sūraℎ 4:129
A limits the practice to Imams
B modifies it
C highlights problems inherent in it
D promises reward for its practice
The doctrine of trinity is regarded in Islam as a form of
A shirk
B kufr
C nifāq
D zulm
According to Qur’ān 6:160, while bad deeds would be rewarded in the same measure, good deeds would be rewarded
A half measure
B ten-fold
C twenty-fold
D uncountable fold
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