To ensure the authenticity of the compiled text of the Holy Qur’ān, extracts written on various materials were cross-checked with texts
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recalled from memory by early memorizers
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Which of the following terms portrays the Qur’ān as a healing for man’s spiritual and moral waywardness?
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ash - Shifā'
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In Sūrat al - Mā'ūn(Q.107), we learn that a good believer should not
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repulse the orphan
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The expressions Iqra'', ′allama and al - qalam in Sūrat al− ′Alaq emphasize the importance of
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knowledge
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The expression above appears in Sūrat al - Kāfirūn
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twice
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Identify the sūraℎ to which the following āyaℎ belongs
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ad-Duhā
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In the hadīth that ends with ‘…piety is based right here …’, the Prophet (S.A.W.) meant the
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heart
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Asmā' ar - rijāl is a term used by scholars of
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hadīth
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‘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
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words and deeds
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From the above, the goal of luqmān's counsel to his son:... As contained in sūrah 31:13 is to
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warn against finding partners for Allah
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Imām Mālik Ibn Anās was born in
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al-Madīnah
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The authenticity of a hadīth may be faulted if
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it contradicts a Qur''ānic injuction
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In the Islamic belief system, the opposite of Tawhīd is
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Shirk
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The divine attribute of omnipotence is implied in
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al-Qadīr
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‘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
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emphasizes a part of the content
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‘Still less can their knowledge comprehend the hereafter …’ Q. 27:66).
This verse above of the Qur’ān implies that
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most men do not believe in the Hereafter
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According to Islamic teachings, angels are
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loyal servants of Allah
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The prophet whose wife was impious and consequently suffered the same calamity with the unbelievers was
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Lūt
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An aspect of the Nigerian culture which may be regarded as shirk is
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worship of ancestors
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According to Qur’ān 4:48, to set up partners with Allah is a great offense which Allah will not forgive
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even if He forgives all other sins.
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Fortune telling is un-Islamic
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at all times and in all matters.
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In Sūrat al-falaq, the Qur’ān refers to an element of witchcraft and the
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mischief of the envious one.
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Accountability is an act of worship
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because it is specifically mentioned in the Qur’ān
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The second hadīth in an-Nawawi’s collection teaches that it is righteousness to worship Allah as if
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one was seeing Him physically
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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?
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Three
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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
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first and last days
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The text of talbiyah in hājj emphasizes the pilgrim’s
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recognition of Allah’s absolute authority
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A woman in her menstrual period
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is not exempted from all forms of ‘ibādah
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Qur’ān 2:193 enjoins believers to fight unbelievers in the course of Allah if it takes that to
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defend themselves against transgression
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According to Qur’ān 6:160, while bad deeds would be rewarded in the same measure, good deeds would be rewarded
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ten-fold
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The doctrine of trinity is regarded in Islam as a form of
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shirk
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While polygamy is permitted in Sūraℎ 4:3, Sūraℎ 4:129
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highlights problems inherent in it
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The practice of comparing the back of one’s wife to that of one’s mother as a method of divorce was known as
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zihār
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In Islamic law on divorce, the custody of a child aged two years or less is normally conceded to the
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mother
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In Islamic law of inheritance, the brother of a deceased person who had a son is to
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be excluded from inheritance
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Which one of the following actions may be regarded as Mubāℎ?
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Shaking hands while greeting
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The sharīah contrasts with the common law because the former is
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universal
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The Sunni school of thought noted for resorting frequently to the use of personal opinion was that of Imām
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Shafi i
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In the Islamic economic system, baytuk māl is equivalent to the
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public treasury
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‘And consult them in the affairs …’(Qur’ān 3:159). This expression emphasizes the importance of the principle of
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shūrā
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The pre-Islamic practice of shigār which was abolished by Islam meant
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exchange of sisters in wedlock
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In the course of hijjat’l - widā, Muslims were taught to
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treat women and domestic servants kindly
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Compared with the situation in Makkah before Hijrad, the da’wah in al-Madina was more
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far-reaching
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The Caliph who appointed the shūrā Council to produce a successor after his death was
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‘Umar b. Khattāb
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The earliest contact of Islam with Africa dates back to the period of
