25 questions. Try each one, then open the answer to check yourself and read the explanation.
The surah with which the Prophet was commanded to deliver Allah's message is
Answer: D (Al-muddasir)
Surah Al-Muddaththir begins 'O you wrapped up, arise and warn', the command to start preaching.
Non-mislims that are living in Muslim countries are required to pay
Answer: C (Al-Jizyah)
Under Islamic law non-Muslim citizens paid the jizyah in return for protection and exemption from military service.
The guided predecessors of the Prophet are
Answer: C (4)
The rightly guided caliphs who succeeded the Prophet were four: Abubakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali.
The word Nisab is applicable to
Answer: B (Zakah)
Nisab is the minimum amount of wealth a Muslim must own before zakah becomes due.
Which of the following is not among the children of the Prophet
Answer: D (Anas)
Ibrahim, Al-Qasim and Abdullah were the Prophet's sons; Anas ibn Malik was his servant, not his child.
The town that rejected the Prophet before Allah commanded him to go to Yathrib was
Answer: A (At-taif)
Before the hijrah the Prophet went to Ta'if to preach, and its people rejected and stoned him.
The first ambassador in Islam is
Answer: B (Mus'ab)
The Prophet sent Mus'ab ibn Umayr to Madinah to teach Islam, making him the first envoy of Islam.
How many ahadith was reported by Umar bn Al-Kathaab I'm the book arbau'una Nawawi?
Answer: A (2)
Umar ibn al-Khattab narrates two hadiths in An-Nawawi's Forty: hadith 1 (actions by intentions) and hadith 2 (Jibril).
Hadith 16 of An-Nawawiy was reported by
Answer: C (Abu Hurayrah)
Hadith 16, 'Do not become angry', is narrated by Abu Hurayrah.
The total raka'ah in the forth three solah of the day is
Answer: B (10)
The first three prayers of the day are Subh (2), Zuhr (4) and Asr (4): 2 + 4 + 4 = 10.
Which of the following is not a type of sujuud
Answer: D (Sujuudt ta'alah)
There are prostrations of recitation (tilawah), forgetfulness (sahw) and thanks (shukr), but no 'sujud ta'alah'.
The counting of a woman that lost her husband died is
Answer: D (4 months 10 days)
The waiting period ('iddah) of a widow is four months and ten days (Quran 2:234).
Which of the following surah did the Prophet said that it is equivalent to one-fourth of the Holy Quran
Answer: B (Suratul Kaafiruun)
A hadith in At-Tirmidhi says Surah Al-Kafirun equals a quarter of the Quran (Al-Ikhlas equals a third).
The blood of child birth is called
Answer: C (An-nifaas)
Bleeding after childbirth is nifas; haid is menstruation and istihadah is irregular bleeding.
The word خلق means
Answer: C (Create)
Khalaqa (خلق) means 'to create'; Al-Khaliq, the Creator, comes from it.
Which of this pair is recommended to seek protection with Allah
Answer: A (An-nas and Al-falaq)
Surahs Al-Falaq and An-Nas are called al-mu'awwidhatain, the two surahs of seeking refuge with Allah.
Which of the following is not a reporter of hadith in An-Nawawiy
Answer: B (Umar bn Abdul-Aziz)
Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz was a later Umayyad caliph, not a Companion narrating in An-Nawawi's Forty; the others narrate hadiths in it.
The name of the last son of the Prophet is
Answer: A (Ibrahim)
Ibrahim, born to Mariyah, was the Prophet's last son; he died as a baby.
Hajj was made obligatory in
Answer: B (9th year of hijrah)
Hajj became compulsory in the 9th year after the hijrah; the Prophet performed it in the 10th.
Which of the following crop is zakah not obligatory on
Answer: C (Yam)
Zakah on crops is due on stored staple grains and pulses, not on tubers like yam.
Which of the following is not a wife to the Prophet
Answer: A (Maariyah)
Zainab, Umm Salamah and Safiyyah bint Huyayy were all wives of the Prophet. Mariyah, mother of Ibrahim, is usually counted as a concubine rather than a wife.
One of the following is not among the beautiful names of Allah
Answer: D (none of the above)
Ar-Rahman (the Most Merciful), As-Samad (the Eternal Refuge) and Al-Azim (the Magnificent) are all among the 99 beautiful names of Allah, so none of them is missing from the list.
Which of the following is not equivalent of the rate of zakah
Answer: D (0.25)
The zakah rate is 2.5% = 1/40 = 5/200 = 0.025; 0.25 is 25%.
Zakatul-fitr is
Answer: A (Wajib)
Zakat al-fitr is compulsory on every Muslim who can afford it at the end of Ramadan.
The first caliph after the Prophet was
Answer: B (Abubakr)
Abubakr As-Siddiq was chosen as the first caliph.