RAMADAN BASICS
Ramadan is the ___ month of the Islamic calendar.
Answer: Ninth
Which two Eids are celebrated in Islam?
Answer: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha
Which Prophet received revelation in the cave of Hira?
Answer: Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
What should a Muslim say after finishing a meal?
Answer: Alhamdulillah
How many juz’ are in the Qur’an?
Answer: 30
What is the name of the pre-dawn meal eaten before fasting begins?
Answer: Suhoor
What charity must be given before the Eid al-Fitr prayer?
Answer: Zakat al-Fitr
Which Prophet was swallowed by a whale?
Answer: Prophet Yunus (ʿalayhi as-salam)
What quality is described as being heavy on the scale on the Day of Judgment?
Answer: Good character, charity (either is correct)
What is the name of the first revealed Surah?
Answer: Surah Al-ʿAlaq
What intention (niyyah) must be made daily for fasting according to the majority of scholars?
Answer: The intention to fast (niyyah)
What Sunnah act is encouraged when traveling to and from the Eid prayer?
Answer: Taking different routes
Which Prophet is known as Khalilullah (the Friend of Allah)?
Answer: Prophet Ibrahim (ʿalayhi as-salam)
Is backbiting considered permissible if what is said is true?
Answer: No, it is haram
Which Islamic month is known as one of the four sacred months?
Answer: Dhul-Qaʿdah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram, or Rajab (accept any)
Which Surah mentions that fasting was prescribed for nations before us?
Answer: Surah Al-Baqarah
Is it Sunnah to eat before or after the Eid al-Fitr prayer?
Answer: Before
Which two Prophets are mentioned together most frequently in the Qur’an?
Answer: Musa and Harun (ʿalayhim as-salam)
What is the adab when entering someone’s home?
Answer: Seeking permission / saying salam
What angel is responsible for blowing the trumpet on the Day of Judgment?
Answer: Angel Israfil
What is the minimum action that completes a valid fast if one oversleeps suhoor?
Answer: Making the intention before Fajr (or intention in the heart)
Is the Eid prayer considered wajib (obligatory), sunnah mu’akkadah (highly recommended), or fard kifayah (communal responsibilty) according to most scholars?
Answer: Sunnah Mu’akkadah
Which Prophet will return before the Day of Judgment according to Islamic belief?
Answer: Prophet Isa (ʿalayhi as-salam)
What should you say when someone sneezes and says “Alhamdulillah”?
Answer: Yarhamuk Allah
What act is described by the Prophet ﷺ as “the coolness of my eyes”?
Answer: Salah (prayer)