Band B Jeopardy

Arabic

100

What does Dhuhur mean?

Dhuhur - Reappearance

200

What does Haqq mean?

Haqq - Truth

300

What does Sa'ee mean?

Sa'ee - Striving

400

What does Nidhaam mean?

Nidhaam - Putting things in order and doing things properly and at the right time

500

Give the English meaning for 3 of these Arabic words:

1. Iman
2. Amal us Saleh
3. Tawasaw bil haqq
4. Tawasaw bis sabr

English meaning for these Arabic words:

1. Iman - Faith
2. Amal us Saleh - Good deeds
3. Tawasaw bil haqq - Encourage one another to (follow) the truth
4. Tawasaw bis sabr - Encourage one another to have patience

12th Imam (a)

100

Name both types of waiting

Active waiting and inactive waiting

200

What are we waiting for in regards to the 12^th Imam?

His reappearance (dhuhur)

300

What is an example of inactive waiting?

Cheering on a team in a sporting match

400

Ali was feeling sad that the Imam has not returned, his mother reminded him that he should do ______ and that the Imam loves him

Tawasaw bis sabr

500

Give one example each of tawasaw bil haqq and tawasaw bis sabr (hint: the four winning ways)

1. tawasaw bil haqq: Taqlid - this goal tells us that we must always live according to a set of instructions and rules. We have maraje’ such as Ayatullah Sistani who help us understand the rules which we have to follow while waiting actively for Imam.
2. tawasaw bil haqq: Keeping the environment clean - We all have an active role to play in keeping our environment clean be it by practicing the 3 R’s – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, helping to clean our beaches, keeping litter off the streets, using less plastic, etc.
3. tawasaw bis sabr: Sadaqah - something we all should do whilst waiting for the Imam and remember there are many ways in which we can give sadaqah (not only money but our time, a smile etc.).
4. tawasaw bis sabr: Du’a - Whilst we wait actively for Imam we should always do du’a for him, for his safety, for each other, etc.

10th Imam (a)

100

True or False: When terrible kings locked Imam Ali an Naqi (a) up, he gave up and stopped helping Muslims

FALSE

200

What lesson did the 10^th Imam, Imam Ali an-Naqi (a), teach us about getting ready for the future?

Be a super planner like him. Plan for your future and how you will help his grandson, Imam-e-Zamana (a).

300

Can you name two out of five things that Imam advised us to do?

• Wearing clean clothes
• Smelling nice
• Keeping your room clean
• Sweeping outside
• Switching on the lights just before it get dark

400

What did the teacher, al-Junaydi, ask the 10^th Imam (a) to do before he was allowed to enter the classroom?

al-Junaydi replied,

• “He is the best of Allah’s creatures. Sometimes I test him and tell him he cannot enter the room until he recites a surah.
• So I choose a really long surah and he recites it so beautifully! He knows the whole Qur’an off by heart with its meaning! How did he become so clever?”

500

Name 2 ways that we have learned from 10^th Imam (a) on how we should live while waiting for the 12^th Imam

• Work hard as a child to be clever like him
• Learn surahs and recite the Qur’an beautifully like he did
• Be organised in all the different ways he taught us
• Be clean like he taught us through the rhyme
• Plan ahead

Salman al-Muhammadi

100

Who was Salman al-Muhammadi?

• Also known as Salman al-Farsi because he came from Persia (Iran), he was a great companion of Rasulullah (s), so much so that Rasulullah (s) said he was part of the Ahlul Bayt!
• He was known as Salman al-Muhammadi because of what Rasulullah (s) said about him!

200

Name 3 interesting things about Salman al-Muhammadi's story that we learned in the movie

• Fire - he was born to a family of fire worshippers
• Being imprisoned by his father
• Studying Christianity with a monk
• Becoming a slave
• Meeting Rasulullah (s)
• Accepting Islam (reciting the kalimah)
• Being freed by Rasulullah (s)

300

Who else like Salman al-Muhammadi never gave up and searched for haqq? (hint: a woman)

Lady Hajrah! the wife of Nabi Ibrahim, the mother of Nabi Ismail

Remember she went 7 times between Safa and Marwah looking for water for her baby boy. Because of her, we do Sa'ee during Hajj - running 7 times between Safa and Marwah.

It is called Sa'ee which means to try very hard without giving up.

In the Qur'an, Surah Najm (53:39) Allah tells us, "And man will have nothing except what he strives for"

400

Fill in the blank:
Salman always knew that the _____ was out there and he made sure he tried hard looking for it.

We call _____ haqq in Arabic.

Even though he came across obstacles along the way, he never ____ __ searching for Rasulullah (s).

Salman always knew that the truth was out there and he made sure he tried hard looking for it.

We call truth haqq in Arabic.

Even though he came across obstacles along the way, he never gave up searching for Rasulullah (s).

500

What price did Prophet Mohammad (s) pay to free Salman?

Gold and palm trees

Imams (a)

100

Who is the 6^th Imam?

Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a)

200

Who is the father of the 10^th Imam?

The 9^th Imam - Imam Mohammad al-Jawad (a)

300

What city is the 11^th Imam buried in?

Samarra

400

Who is the son of the 10^th Imam?

The 11^th Imam - Imam Hassan Al-Askari (a)

500

Even though our life will be filled with challenges, what 2 things has Allah given us to help guide us and set our course?

Our life will be filled with challenges. But Allah has guided us through Rasulullah (s), his Ahlul Bayt and the Holy Qur’an and set our course.

We know that if we follow them all the time we will always be on the path of haqq and the path of haqq surely leads to Allah!