Fiqh
What is the difference between a pillar (rukn) of salah and an obligatory act (wajib/fard according to some madhhabs)?
Answer:
A pillar (rukn) is essential and cannot be skipped intentionally or unintentionally without invalidating the prayer. A wajib act, if forgotten unintentionally, may be compensated for with sujood as-sahw according to many scholars.
Which two surahs are known as “Al-Muqashqishat” because they free a person from shirk and hypocrisy according to some scholars?
Answer:
Surah Al-Kafirun and Surah Al-Ikhlas.
Which female companion was known as “the Mother of the Poor”?
Answer:
Zaynab bint Khuzaymah.
This companion overheard Prophet Muhammad reciting the Qur’an near the Ka‘bah before publicly accepting Islam.
Who is Jubayr ibn Mutim?
What are the seven categories of people shaded by Allah on the Day of Judgment?
Answer:
1. A just ruler
2. A youth raised in worship
3. A person attached to the masjid
4. Two people who love each other for Allah’s sake
5. A person who resists temptation for Allah
6. One who gives charity secretly
7. One who remembers Allah alone and cries
If a person wakes up after sunrise having missed Fajr unintentionally, what should they do?
Answer:
They should pray Fajr as soon as they wake up and remember. Delaying it further is not allowed.
Which surah begins and ends with tasbeeh (glorification of Allah)?
Answer:
Surah Al-Hashr.
Whom was Ruqayyah the Prophet's peace be upon him daughter first married to
Answer:
Utbah
The companion whom the angels were reported to be shy of.
Who is Uthman ibn Affan?
The number of angels guarding Hell according to Surah Al-Muddaththir.
What is 19?
What is the waiting period (‘iddah) for a widow?
Answer:
Four months and ten days. If she is pregnant, then until she gives birth.
Which surah was recited by Prophet Muhammad every Friday morning in Fajr prayer according to authentic hadith?
Answer:
Surah As-Sajdah and Surah Al-Insan.
This Sahabiyyah was told by the Prophet ﷺ to remain patient after losing multiple family members in Uhud.
Who is Hamnah bint Jahsh?
This companion killed Abu Jahl after he was wounded at Badr.
Who is Abdullah ibn Masud?
In the story of Dhul-Qarnayn, the barrier was made primarily from these two materials.
What are iron and molten copper?
What is tayammum, and when is it permitted?
Answer:
Tayammum is dry purification using clean earth or dust. It is permitted when water is unavailable or harmful to use.
The prophet described as “one who repeatedly turned back to Allah” immediately after a trial involving horses distracted him.
Who is Prophet Sulayman
This Sahabiyyah asked the Prophet ﷺ why women were not mentioned as much in revelation, after which verses addressing believing men and women were revealed.
Who is Umm Salamah?
The companion who was called “the trusted one of this Ummah.”
Who is Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah?
The only companion whose greeting salam was directly returned by the angels after his death.
Who is Imran ibn Husayn?
According to the majority opinion, which acts are prohibited while fasting besides eating and drinking?
Answer:
Intentional vomiting, marital relations, and anything intentionally entering the body cavity in a nourishing way.
This prophet’s people were destroyed by a “ṣarṣar” wind.
Who are the people of Prophet Hud?
This Sahabiyyah corrected Umar ibn al-Khattab publicly regarding mahr amounts using a Qur’anic proof.
Who is Khawlah bint Tha‘labah?
Who did angel Jibreel choose to resemble in human form?
Who is Dihyah al-Kalbi?
This companion was recognized by the Prophet ﷺ through the sound of his sandals in Paradise.
Who is Bilal ibn Rabah?