Quran
The Quran teaches us that prophets were always sent from amongst their own people with what wisdom?
Using their familiar language to deliver their message effectively and efficiently
The Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, “No one is a believer if he does not like for his brother what he ______.”
likes for himself
Why did Imaam al-Khattaabi state that the love the true believer has for the Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam is not a natural love?
The love a person has for his own self cannot be compared to any other love, one must make a conscious effort to love the Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam more than themselves.
State a wisdom behind differences of opinion that are not contradictory (variational differences)
Displaying Allāh’s mercy, for people’s strengths and zeal vary
OR
Uniting us like the different pieces of a puzzle that complement one another and cannot replace one another
How does one know whether an obligation is an individual obligation or a communal obligation?
Everyone should seek of knowledge as much as he needs to carry out his religious duties/religious duties that are obligatory upon every individual. If that is not the case, then knowledge of those matters is a communal obligation.
In the Quran is stated, “It is He who created death and life in order to test which of you is best in: ______.”
Deeds
The Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam said that the scholars are the inheritors of who?
The prophets
Who did the Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam tell, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, (you will not have complete faith) till I am dearer to you than your own self.”
'Umar radi Allahu anhu
Name and define the two types of disagreement (ikhtilaaf)
1. Ikhtilāf taḍād: Contradictory differences or differences of opposition.
2. Ikhtilāf tanawwu’: Variational differences or differences of variety.
What is al-Barzakh?
The life that is between this life and the Hereafter until Allah resurrects the beings
In the Quran, Luqman alayhisalam tells his son, "Do not turn your nose up at people, nor walk about the place arrogantly, for God does not _______."
Fill in the blank
love arrogant or boastful people
State the two hadiths that show da'wah is obligatory.
"Convey from me even one verse"
"A present one has to inform an absentee."
The Prophet salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam said, “No person will be a good believer unless I become dearer to him than his family, his _____, and ______."
Fill in the blank
wealth, all the people
Give 2 examples in which Allah SWT gave us variant choices that are all acceptable (must be from the packet)
Two of the following:
-the expiation for oaths (can feed 10 needy people, free a slave, fast, etc.)
-the various forms of the adhān and iqamah
-the various supplications at the beginning of prayer
-Islamic groups performing various duties and having different focuses, such as da‘wah, education, social reform, political activism, etc.
What happened when the Prophet (S) returned from the battle of Aḥzaab and said to the sahabah, "None should offer the ‘asr prayers but at Bani Quraizah.”
The ‘asr prayer became due for some of them on the way. Some of them decided not to offer the salah but at Bani Quraizah, while others decided to offer the salah on the spot and said that the intention of the Prophet (S) was not what the former party had understood. When that was told to the Prophet he did not blame anyone of them.
State the verse that shows it is obligatory to implement all the rulings of the Islamic sharia without leaving anything unimplemented thereof (that Islam is already a complete religion).
{This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion.} [Quran 5:3]
The Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam said: “If someone wants to know what position he enjoys in the eyes of Allah, he has only to look at" what?
"What place he gives to Allah [in his heart and life].”
Ibn Battaal and Al-Qaadhi Iyaadh, may Allah have mercy upon them, divided the love of the Prophet SAW into what three categories?
1- Respect and esteem: This is like the love of the child for his father
2- Compassion and pity: like the love of the father for his child.
3- Kindness and admiration: This is the love that a person has towards all other people.
Name 3 examples of acceptable differences in opinion in fiqh
Three of the following:
-The obligation of rinsing the mouth and nose in wuḍū’
-The position of the hands after rukū‘
-The obligation of niqāb for women
-Permissible sunnah prayers during the times when supererogatory prayers is discouraged
-Meat slaughtered by the People of the Book without the mention of Allāh
Allah SWT commanded us to believe in what six things?
His Names and Attributes (saying belief in Allah is acceptable), His angels, His books revealed to prophets, His prophets and messengers, the Day of Resurrection and everything concerning it, and faith in Qada and Qadar (decree and predestination by Allah).
State the ayah that shows the provision that is already written for a person will not pass them.
"He has created everything, and has measured it exactly according to its due measure." (Holy Quran 25:2)
The sincere Muslim is always content to accept the will and decree of Allah, remembering the hadith: "How amazing is the affair of the Muslim!..." (Complete the hadith)
His affairs are all good. If he experiences ease, he is grateful, and that is good for him. If he experiences hardship, he faces it with patience and perseverance, and that is also good for him."
Al-Qaadhi Iyaadh, may Allah have mercy upon him, said the love of the Prophet (S) includes what?
Backing and supporting his sunnah, fighting for his shari'ah, and wishing to have lived with him and to have sacrificed one's life and one's wealth to back him
Name 3 examples of acceptable differences in opinion for aqidah.
Three of the following:
-The Prophet seeing his Lord.
-The degree of the infallibility of the messengers. Can they commit minor sins?
-The prophethood of al-Khiḍr.
-Leaving Islam via the abandonment of one of its pillars, particularly ṣalāt.
-Which was created first: the throne or the pen?
Give an example of each: learning that is a communal obligation (fard kifaayah), knowledge that is encouraged, knowledge that may be haraam, knowledge that may be makrooh (disliked), knowledge may be permissible. Must be directly from the packet.
communcal obligation/fard kifaayah: medicine, mathematics, grammar, language, ‘ilm al-kalaam, modes of recitation, the science of hadith, and so on.
encouraged: extensive study and research in fiqh, and finding out about subtle fiqhi issues; the same applies to other branches of shar‘i knowledge
haraam: fortune telling, witchcraft
makrooh: verses of poetry which contain descriptions of specific women
permissible: verses of poetry in which there is nothing objectionable such as ridiculing a Muslim or mentioning faults of Muslims and so on