Last Issue's Quiz Answers


1. There is No God except Allah, the sentence begins with ‘There is no God’ which is disbelief and ends in ‘except Allah’ which is belief.
2. al-Baqarah 2:282.
3. Prayers on the dead (salat al-mayit).
4. Jihad al-nafs (also known as jihad al-akbar, which is instilling within yourself the true Islamic principles) and Jihad asghar (fighting the enemies of Islam in holy war) .
5. Munkar and Nakeer (they come to the disbelievers and sinful) and Bashir and Basheer (they come to the faithful).
6. Those who reneged (Talha, Zubair)-Battle of Camel, The tyrants (Muawiyah and his army)-Battle Sifeen, The defectors (al-Kharijites)-Battle of Nahrawan.
7. Hijr Bin Ouday killed by Muawiyyah, a shrine to honour him is located in Syria.
8. Prophets Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammed (peace and blessing of Allah upon them).
9. Aisha daughter of Abu Bakr. She rode a mule when she went to the Prophet’s mosque in order to prevent Imam Hasan from being buried next to his grandfather and rode a camel when she opposed Imam Ali in the Battle of the Camel.
10. The pool that was urinated in would be considered taher because the 384L (kur) of water did not decrease and the urination in this pool did not change its colour, whereas the pool the dog drank from decreased due to his drinking from it and since a dog is impure (najis) this meant that the water was not one (kur) anymore and thus unsuitable for performing wudhu with.