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In this section, we have put some questions as a course to test your knowledge in Fiqh (Islamic rulings). Read the questions carefully, and Email us YOUR answers and you will receive a certificate of success from alsunna.org Team with your name on it.

** But remember, you are NOT allowed to guess the answers, and that speaking without knowledge in the religion is prohibited.

Questions:

1. How many types of Islamic Judgments are there?

2. What is the obligation (wajib)? What is it also called?

3. How many types of obligations are there?

4. What is the personal obligation (fard ^ayn)? Give an example.

5. What is the communal obligation (fard kifayah)? Give an example.

6. What is the recommended (mandub)? Give an example.

7. What is the prohibited (haram)? Give an example.

8. What is the disliked (makruh)? Give an example.

9. What is the permissible (mubah)? Give an example.

10. What is a valid (sahih) act of worship?

11. What is an invalid (batil or fasid) act of worship?

Questions:

1. Give five (5) examples of najas-filth.

2. How many types of najas-filth are there?

3. What is the detectable (^ayniyyah) najas-filth? How is it removed?

4. What is the undetectable (hukmiyyah) najas-filth? How is it removed?

5. How does one get rid of the najas-filth of a dog or pig?

6. Which of the animals is considered najas-filthy?

Questions:

1.                 State the ayah that tells about the obligation of wudu‘.

2.                 How many integrals of wudu‘ are there? List them.

3.                 Where does the intention take place? When?

4.                 What are the boundaries of the face during wudu‘ ?

5.                 What part of the hands is one obligated to wash during wudu‘ ? What are the elbows?

6.                 How much of the head does one have to wipe?

7.                 What part of the feet is it obligatory to wash? What are the ankles?

8.                 What is meant by the order during wudu‘ ?

9.                 List some of the recommended matters for wudu‘.

10.             What does the basmalah mean?

11.             What does the madmadah mean?

12.             What is meant by tathlith? Muwalah?

13.             What is ghurrah? Tahjil?

14.             What is recommended to say after one finishes wudu‘ ?

Questions:

1.                 What must one do before praying if one’s wudu‘ becomes invalid?

2.                 List the invalidators of wudu‘.

3.                 What is the meaning of the eliminatory outlets?

4.                 What does one become prohibited from doing if one loses one’s wudu‘ ?

5.                 Give an example of what one can do without having wudu‘.

Questions:

1.                 From what is istinja‘ obligatory?

2.                 With what does one perform istinja‘ ?

3.                 How does one make istinja‘ from feces, using water?

4.                 How does one make istinja‘, using rocks or the like?

5.                 If one wipes three times and the najas-filth remains, what must one do?

6.                 If one is performing istinja‘ without water, is it enough to wipe once?

7.                 If the emitted najas-filth dries on the outlet, is it enough to just use a stone or the like (paper)?

8.                 With what foot is it recommended to enter the bathroom? Leave it?

Questions:

1.                 How many types of ritual impurities are there?

2.                 What is the minor ritual impurity? Give an example.

3.                 What is the major ritual impurity?

4.                 What are the matters that mandate a purificatory bath?

5.                 What are the integrals of the purificatory bath?

6.                 When is it obligatory to take out one’s braids?

7.                 List some of the recommended matters during the purificatory bath.

8.                 List some of the recommended purificatory baths.

Questions:

1.                 State an ayah that indicates the obligation of performing the prayers.

2.                 What is the best of deeds after the belief in Allah and His Messenger?

3.                 How many prayers did Allah obligate the Muslims to perform?

4.                 How does the time of Dhuhr begin? How does it end?

5.                 What is Dhilul-istiwa‘ ?

6.                 How does the time of ^Asr begin? How does it end?

7.                 How does the time of Maghrib begin? How does it end?

8.                 What is the evening twilight?

9.                 How does the time of ^Isha’ begin? How does it end?

10.             How does the time of Fajr begin? How does it end?

11.             What is the true dawn?

12.             Upon whom are these five (5) prayers obligatory? What is meant by pure (tahir)?

13.             Give an example of when it is permissible to pray the five (5) prayers ahead of their times or to delay them until their time has passed.

Questions:

1.                 Give the definition of the integrals of prayer?

2.                 When is the intention made? What must one’s intention be when praying Dhuhr?

3.                 If one is unable to pray standing, what must one do? If one is unable to sit?

4.                 What are the matters to which one must pay attention when reciting the Fatihah?

5.                 What is ruku^? What is meant by tuma’ninah?

6.                 What is meant by i^tidal?

7.                 How does one perform sujud? How many times does one do sujud during a single rak^ah?

8.                 State the complete final tashahhud?

9.                 What is the minimum of the Salah ^alan-Nabiyy? What is the minimum salam?

10.             What does keeping the order mean?

11.             What is recommended to recite before the Fatihah?

12.             What is recommended to recite after the Fatihah? In what rak^ahs?

13.             What is recommended to say during ruku^? During i^tidal?

14.             What is recommended to say during sujud? During the sitting between the two sujuds?

15.             List some of the other recommended matters during prayer.

Questions:

1.                 List some of the conditions of prayer.

2.                 What is mental discrimination (tamyiz)?

3.                 How is one clear of the ritual impurities?

4.                 Is the prayer of one who carries a najas-filth in one’s pocket valid?

5.                 What is the unlawful nakedness for a man during prayer? For a woman?

6.                 What is the Qiblah in prayer?

7.                 What is the judgment of the prayer of one who leaves out any of these conditions?

Questions:

1.                 What is the judgment of the prayer of one who purposely talks, other than mentioning Allah?

2.                 What is the judgment of one who utters one or two meaningful letters?

3.                 What is the judgment of the prayer of one who moved three consecutive moves during the prayer?

4.                 What is the judgment of the prayer of one who purposely ate or drank during prayer?

5.                 What is the judgment of the prayer of one who did an action with the intention of playing during prayer?

6.                 Give an example of an excessive move.

7.                 What is the judgment of the prayer of one who purposely added an integral in the prayer? Give an example.

8.                 What is the judgment of the prayer of one who intended to interrupt one’s prayer? Or makes it contingent upon the occurrence of something? Or hesitates about interrupting one’s prayer?

9.                 What is the judgment if an entire integral passed while one was doubting the intention? If a long time passed while one doubted?

Questions:

1.                 State a hadith of the Prophet that urged the Muslims to pray the prayers in congregation.

2.                 What is the judgment of the prayer the follower who precedes the imam in saying the opening Allahu Akbar?

3.                 When must the follower say the opening Allahu akbar?

4.                 What is the judgment of the prayer of the one who goes ahead of the imam by two integrals of action?

5.                 What is the judgment if the follower lags behind the imam two integrals without an excuse?

6.                 How would the follower know the movement of his imam?

7.                 What is the judgment of the follower who has a barrier between him and the imam that prevents him from reaching the imam?

8.                 Why is it not valid for the one who is praying Dhuhr to pray following the one praying Janazah?

Questions:

1.                 What is the best day of the week?

2.                 State a hadith that shows the merit of Friday. Who related it?

3.                 Upon whom is the Friday Prayer obligatory?

4.                 When does it become obligatory for the one who intended to reside in a town to pray the Jumu^ah?

5.                 When does it become obligatory for the one who lives outside of a town to attend the Jumu^ah?

6.                 How many rak^ahs is the Jumu^ah Prayer? Is the Jumu^ah performed in congregation or singly?

7.                 What are the conditions of the Jumu^ah prayer? List them.

8.                 What is the judgment if two Jumu^ahs were performed in one town?

9.                 List the integrals of the two speeches?

10.             What are the integrals that are repeated in both speeches? In what speech is it obligatory to make supplication for the Muslims?

11.             List the conditions of the two speeches.

Questions:

1.                 What month did Allah make it obligatory to fast?

2.                 State an ayah that indicates that it is obligatory to fast.

3.                 When did Allah reveal the obligation of fasting?

4.                 What is fasting?

5.                 Who is obligated to fast?

6.                 How is the start of Ramadan confirmed? Give a hadith concerning it.

7.                 What should the one who does not see the crescent do?

8.                 What are the integrals of fasting?

9.                 When is the time of the intention? What does the one who wants to fast intend?

10.             List some of the invalidators of fasting.

11.             What are the days in which it is unlawful (haram) to fast?

Questions:

1.                 State an ayah in which it was ordered to pay Zakah.

2.                 What does Zakah mean linguistically? Religiously?

3.                 In what year was Zakah made obligatory?

4.                 What are the articles on which Zakah is due?

5.                 Which animals are subject to Zakah?

6.                 What crops are subject to Zakah?

7.                 Which metals are subject to Zakah?

8.                 What is the Zakah of Fitr?

9.                 List those who deserve Zakah.

10.             What does fi sabilillah mean?

Questions:

1.                 Who is obligated to perform Hajj? How many times is it obligatory during one’s lifetime?

2.                 What is the merit of Hajj? State the hadith.

3.                 List the integrals of Hajj.

4.                 What is meant by ihram?

5.                 What is the time of staying in ^Arafah?

6.                 What do shaving and trimming mean?

7.                 What are the integrals of ^Umrah?

8.                 List some of the requisites of Hajj?

9.                 List what is prohibited upon the one in the state of ihram for Hajj or ^Umrah.