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Who was the first Rightly Guided Caliph after the death of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ?
Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq (RA)
How many sūrahs (chapters) are there in the Qurʾān?
114
How many canonical Sunni collections make up the Kutub al-Sittah?
6
In which city was the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ born?
Mecca
How many obligatory (farḍ) prayers must Muslims perform each day?
5
Name the first major battle between the early Muslims and Quraysh, fought in Ramadan of 2 AH (624 CE).
Battle of Badr
What is the longest sūrah in the Qurʾān?
Sūrat al-Baqarah (Chapter 2)
Which scholar compiled Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, regarded as the second most authentic ḥadīth book?
Imam Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj
Who was the Prophet’s first wife and the first person to embrace Islam?
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
During which lunar month do Muslims observe the obligatory fast from dawn to sunset?
Ramadhaan
Which dynasty assumed the caliphate in 661 CE after the Rightly Guided Caliphs, ruling from Damascus?
The Umayyad Caliphate
Which sūrah is affectionately called “the Heart of the Qurʾān”?
Sūrat Yā-Sīn (Chapter 36)
What is the title of the seminal ḥadīth-and-fiqh compilation authored by Imam Mālik?
Al-Muwaṭṭaʾ
How old was the Prophet when he received the first revelation in the Cave of Ḥirāʾ?
40 years old
What is the obligatory form of almsgiving that constitutes one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
Zakaat
Which Medinan jurist founded the Mālikī school of Islamic law in the 8th century?
Imam Mālik ibn Anas
What is the only sūrah named after a woman?
Sūrat Maryam (Chapter 19)
What Arabic term describes a ḥadīth transmitted by such a large number of independent chains that it is considered unquestionably authentic?
Mutawātir
What is the name of the peace treaty concluded between the Muslims and Quraysh in 6 AH (628 CE)?
The Treaty of Ḥudaybiyyah
Which month immediately follows Ramaḍān and begins with the festival of ʿĪd al-Fiṭr?
Shawal
Which Abbasid caliph is most often credited with turning Baghdad’s Bayt al-Ḥikmah (House of Wisdom) into a world-renowned centre of scholarship?
Caliph al-Maʾmūn
The famous “Āyat al-Kursī” (Verse of the Throne) is verse what of which sūrah?
Sūrat al-Baqarah (2:255)
What is the name of the famous collection of 40 ḥadīths compiled by Imam al-Nawawī, widely studied for its emphasis on fundamental principles of Islam?
Al-Arbaʿīn al-Nawawiyyah (The 40 Ḥadīths of al-Nawawī)
What was the name of the Prophet’s famous she-camel that carried him during the Hijra and at Ḥudaybiyyah?
Al-Qaṣwāʾ (also called al-ʿAḍbāʾ)
To which mosque did the Prophet travel on the Night Journey (Isrāʾ) before ascending to the heavens in the Miʿrāj?
Al Aqsa