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Expert Islamiat quiz on fiqh, Islamic law, great scholars and their contributions.
1. What are the five categories of Islamic rulings (Ahkam)?
💡 The five Islamic rulings are: Fard (obligatory), Wajib (necessary), Mustahabb/Sunnah (recommended), Makruh (disliked) and Haram (forbidden).
2. What is Maslaha (public interest) in Islamic jurisprudence?
💡 Maslaha refers to consideration of public interest and welfare as a basis for Islamic legal rulings — used especially by Maliki scholars.
3. Imam al-Ghazali wrote which famous work on Islamic spirituality?
💡 Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE) wrote Ihya Ulum al-Din (Revival of the Religious Sciences) — one of the greatest Islamic texts.
4. Allama Iqbal proposed the concept of Pakistan based on which Islamic principle?
💡 Allama Iqbal proposed a separate Muslim state based on the Two-Nation Theory — that Hindus and Muslims are two distinct nations.
5. How many major schools of Islamic jurisprudence (Madhabs) are there in Sunni Islam?
💡 There are 4 major Sunni Madhabs (schools of jurisprudence): Hanafi, Maliki, Shafii and Hanbali.
6. Who founded the Hanafi school of jurisprudence?
💡 Imam Abu Hanifa al-Numan (699-767 CE) founded the Hanafi Madhab — the most widely followed school in the world.
7. The Islamic concept of Shura refers to?
💡 Shura means mutual consultation — an important Islamic principle of governance where leaders consult with the community.
8. Al-Kindi is considered?
💡 Al-Kindi (801-873 CE) is considered the Father of Islamic Philosophy — the first great Muslim philosopher.
9. Ibn Sina (Avicenna) is known for his contribution to which field?
💡 Ibn Sina (980-1037 CE) was an Islamic physician and philosopher — his Canon of Medicine was used in European universities for centuries.
10. Imam al-Shafii founded his Madhab. His full name is?
💡 Imam Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafii (767-820 CE) founded the Shafii Madhab and was a student of Imam Malik.
11. What is Ijma in Islamic jurisprudence?
💡 Ijma is the consensus of Islamic scholars on a legal ruling — the third source of Islamic law after Quran and Sunnah.
12. The Darul Uloom Deoband was established in which year?
💡 Darul Uloom Deoband was established in 1866 in Deoband India — the most influential Islamic seminary in South Asia.
13. What are the four primary sources of Islamic law?
💡 The four primary sources of Islamic law (Usul al-Fiqh) are: Quran, Hadith (Sunnah), Ijma (consensus) and Qiyas (analogy).
14. Ibn Rushd (Averroes) was a Muslim scholar from which region?
💡 Ibn Rushd (1126-1198 CE) was from Cordoba in Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain) — famous for his commentaries on Aristotle.
15. Which Madhab is most prevalent in Pakistan and South Asia?
💡 The Hanafi Madhab is the dominant school of jurisprudence in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Central Asia.
16. What is Ijtihad in Islamic law?
💡 Ijtihad is independent legal reasoning by a qualified scholar to derive rulings on new issues not directly addressed in texts.
17. Shah Waliullah Dehlawi is famous for which major contribution?
💡 Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703-1762 CE) was the first to translate the Quran into Persian for South Asian Muslims.
18. The Hanafi Madhab in Pakistan follows which major text for Fiqh?
💡 Al-Hidaya by Imam Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani is the primary Fiqh text of the Hanafi school in South Asia.
19. Who is known as the Father of Algebra?
💡 Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780-850 CE) is the Father of Algebra — the word algebra comes from his book Al-Jabr.
20. What is Qiyas in Islamic law?
💡 Qiyas is analogical reasoning — deriving rulings for new situations by analogy with established Quranic or Hadith rulings.