Intro to Fiqh & Primary Sources
Fiqh can only be applied to certain parts of our life and is not needed to function on a daily basis.
True or False
False
Which one of the following is part of the sunnah bathroom etiquette?
a. Talking in the washroom
b. Using left hand to clean yourself
c. Using a towel to wipe your hands
b. Using left hand to clean yourself
After relieving yourself, we are supposed to use the left hand to clean ourselves
Which of the following is a must for wudu to be valid? (2 answers)
a. Washing of face
b. Rinsing mouth
c. Cleaning the ears
d. Wiping the head
a. Washing of face
d. Wiping the head
Mandatory parts of wudu are face, head, feet and arms.
For us to be able to take wudu by wiping over our socks, we must have taken wudu before putting them on.
a. True
b. False
a. True
Which one of the following is a women allowed to do during her menses?
a. Pray
b. Tawaf
c. Recite Qur’an
c. Recite Qur’an
Which of the following is not a primary source in fiqh?
a. Analogy
b. Scholar’s Opinion
c. Consensus
b. Scholar’s Opinion
Scholar's opinion comes after the use of primary and secondary sources and comes into play based on the evidence they have on a certain issue.
Having traces of urine on our clothes is what type of impurity?
a. Physical impurity
b. Real impurity
c. Shariah impurity
a. Physical impurity
Remember a physical impurity is something that can be felt or seen and it relates to being on our clothes, body or place of prayer.
For which one of the following is ghusul required? (2 answers)
a. Any discharge
b. End of menstruation
c. Any physical impurity
d. Death
b. End of menstruation
d. Death
When a person is at home they can wipe over their socks for how long?
a. 48 hours
b. 72 hours
c. 24 hours
c. 24 hours
Menstruation has a set maximum number of days after which we need to start praying.
a. True
b. False
b. False
Which of the following are reasons of differences in opinions of scholars? (2 answers)
a. Personal disagreements
b. Different access to evidence
c. Different norms & contexts
d. Misunderstanding of Hadith
b. Different access to evidence
c. Different norms & contexts
A minor shariah impurity can be removed with which of the following? (2 answers)
a. Tayamum
b. Ghusul
c. Soap
d. Wudu
a. Tayamum
d. Wudu
What happens if a person takes tayammum and prays but then after they find water?
a. Their salah is still valid but for the next salah they will need to take wudu with water
b. Their salah is not valid with tayamum and they need to pray again.
c. Their salah is valid with tayammum & as long as they don’t lose their tayammum they can pray the next salah without wudu.
a. Their salah is still valid but for the next salah they will need to take wudu with water
If we have a wound that we are not allowed to wet what do we do when needing to take wudu?
a. We take wudu and get it wet anyways
b. We do wudu on other parts & do tayammum for the part that cannot get wet
c. We do tayammum instead of wudu
b. We do wudu on other parts & do tayammum for the part that cannot get wet
What is istihaadah?(إِسْتِحَاضَة)
a. Menstruation
b. Postpartum bleeding (after giving birth)
c. Abnormal bleeding
c. Abnormal bleeding
What term is used in Fiqh to indicate something that is allowed but we don’t get a reward nor sin for doing?
a. Mekruh
b. Mubah
c. Mendud
b. Mubah
There is no difference between clean & cleansing water both can be used for wudu.
a. True
b. False
b. False
Water can be considered clean (ex. tea) but not cleansing meaning not suitable for doing wudu or ghusul.
When we are not sure that we lost wudu but know that we took it, we go ahead believing we still have wudu.
a. True
b. False
a. True
When can you no longer wipe over your socks for wudu? (2 answers)
a. When you lose wudu
b. When you remove your socks
c. When the time for wiping expires
d. When your socks rip
b. When you remove your socks
c. When the time for wiping expires
Note: Removing your socks does not automatically break wudu, but it means we can no longer wipe over our socks if we put them back on without having taken wudu again.
Which one of the following are characteristics of menstrual blood? (2 answers)
a. Thicker than regular blood
b. Appears during puberty
c. Has a particular stench/smell
d. Is the same as other bleeding
a. Thicker than regular blood
c. Has a particular stench/smell
Characteristics of menstrual blood
Which madhab uses the actions of the people of Madinah as a secondary source?
a. Hanefi
b. Shafi
c. Maliki
d. Hanbeli
c. Maliki
Which one of the following is not a characteristic of cleansing water?
a. It can be use for Ibadah (wudu & ghusul)
b. It can have its characteristics changed
c. Cleansing water can be from tap, river, ocean, etc.
b. It can have its characteristics changed
Water that has changed either its colour, smell or taste cannot be cleansing. For example, tea cannot be used for wudu or ghusul.
It is allowed to recite Qur’an while in state of junub as long as you are not holding it.
a. True
b. False
b. False
Which one of the following is the preferred scholarly opinion on when we start counting the time of wiping over socks?
a) From the moment we put on our socks after taking wudu
b) From the first time that I wipe over my socks.
c) From the moment you lose wudu after having already taken it and put on your socks.
b) From the first time that I wipe over my socks.
Example: I took wudu and put on my socks at 9am. At 11am I went to the washroom and lost my wudu. At 1pm I want to pray dhuhur so I take wudu and wipe over my socks. So I have until 1pm the next day to wipe over my socks.
After how many days if a miscarriage occurs is it considered nifaas?
a) 60 days
b) 40 days
c) 120 days
d) 150 days
c) 120 days
This is based on the Hadith that after 120 days that is when the soul is put into the baby.