quran
how many surahs are there?
114 Surahs from al-fatiha to al-nas
What is a classical primer book of Fiqh from any of the maddhabs?
Hanafis: Mukhtasar al-Quduri, Nur al-Idah
Malikis: Al-Risalah ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani, Mukhtasar al-Khalil
Shafi'is: Matn Abi Shuja, Umdat al-Salik
Hanbalis: Zad al-Mustaqni, Umdat al-Fiqh
Who compiled the most authentic known book of Hadith?
Imam al-Bukhari(b. 194AH / d. 256AH)
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Mughirah al-Bukhari
who are the imams of the four main maddhahib "Schools of Jurisprudence"
Imam Abu Hanifah(b. 80AH / d. 150AH)
His birth name is Nu'man ibn Thabit. Title: al-Imam al-A'zam "The Great Imam"
Imam Malik ibn Anas(b. 93AH / d. 179AH)
Imam al-Shafi'i(b. 150AH / d. 204AH)
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal(b. 164AH / d. 241AH)
Title: Imam Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah
Imam Al-Nawawi
what are the first five surahs in order?
Al Fatiha Al-Baqarah Ali Imran An-Nisa Al-Mai'dah
what maddhab was Imam Nawawi a pillar of?
Shafi'i Maddhab
Which book of approx 40 hadith is the most famous? And who authored it?
Al-Arba'in an-Nawawiyyah by Imam Abu Zakariyyah Yahya bin Sharaf al-Nawawi(b. 631AH / d. 676AH)
He also compiled Riyadh Al-Saliheen
and wrote the most well known explanation of Sahih Muslim called Al-Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim
Which scholar compiled al-Muwatta?
Imam Malik ibn Anas
Which scholar authored Zad al-Ma'ad?
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
Which prophet is mentioned by name the most times in the Qur'an?
Prophet Musa ﷺ
What famous work of fiqh did Imam Nawawi write?
Al-Majmoo Sharh al-Muhadhdhab
Minhaj al-Talibin
Rawdat at-Talibin
Al-Maqasid
Who authored the most famous referenced explanation of Sahih al-Bukhari?
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani(b. 773AH / d. 852AH)
His explanation of Sahih al-Bukhari is called Fath al-Bari
Which scholar authbored Tafsir al-Qur'an Al-Azim?تفسير القرآن العظيم
Ibn Kathir (d. 774H)
Abu al-Fida' Imad al-Din Ismail ibn Umar ibn Kathir al-Qurashi Al-Dimashqi
He studied under ibn Taymiyyah, Adh-Dhahabi, and many others
One of his most famous students is ibn Abi al-I'zz al-Hanafi
Who are the two well known main students of Imam Abu Hanifa?
Qadi Abu Yusuf
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Others: Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl, Hasan ibn Ziyadww, Abu Muti' al-Balkhi
Which surah does not begin with the basmala? “Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Raheem”
Surah at-Tawbah
Which scholar authored the most well known reference point in Hanbali fiqh?
Al-Mughni by ibn Qudamah(b. 541H / d. 620H)
Contemporary to ibn Taymiyyahs grandfather who was a major scholar. They were involved with Salah al-Din's recapturing of Jerusalem
What are the kutub al-sittah? The 6 books of hadith
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih Muslim
Sunan Abu Dawood
Jami al-Tirmidhi
Sunan al-Nasa'i
Sunan ibn Majah
Which famous scholar fought against the Tatars?
ibn Taymiyyah(b. 661H / d. 728H)
Taqi ad-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abd al-Halim ibn Abd as-Salam ibn Taymiyya al-Harrani
Who wrote the most authoritive book of Tafsir?
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (d. 310AH)
Tafsir al-Tabari or Jami' al-Bayan an Ta'wil ay al-Quran
What is the longest verse in the quran?
Surah Al-Baqarah Ayah 282 The verse of loan or Ayat ad-Dayn
What are the most important classical encyclopedias of fiqh?
Al-Mabsut Imam al-Sarakhsi
Bada'i al-Sana'i by al-Kasani
Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
Al-Muhalla by ibn Hazm
Bidayat al-Mujtahid by Ibn Rusdh
Al-Tamhid, Al-Istidhkar by Ibn Abd Al-Barr
what are the kutub al-tis'a The 9 major books of hadith
Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawood, Jami al-Tirmidhi, Sunan al-Nasa'i, Sunan ibn Majah
Muwatta Malik
Musnad Ahmad
Sunan al-Darimi by Abdullah ibn al-Darimi (d. 255H)
Which well known scholar wrote Fath-Al-Bari before originally?
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (b 736H / d. 795H)
He learned from many scholars most prominent Ibn al-Qayyim
He wrote explanations of many books of Hadith.
Including his most famous explanation Jaami' ul-Uloom wal-Hikam
Which renowned Hanbali slamic scholar who died 561H is referred to as a prominent Sufi saint?
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
His teacher's teacher was the student of Imam Ahmad
Praised by Imam adh-Dhahabi in Siyar A'laam an-Nubala', Praised by Ibn Kathir and others.
He followed a moderate spirituality which was close to the Sunnah. There is many false attribuytions to him