DISCOVER ISLAM

[ishaquemijee]

1st Phase:

1.Where was the Prophet Muhammad (S) born?
Ans:Mecca

2.What is the name of the Muslim holy book?
Ans: The Qur'an

3.What is the Hajj?
Ans: A pilgrimage

4.What is Ramadan?
Ans:A month of fasting

5.Muslims worship in a building called a...
Ans: Mosque

6.How many Pillars of Islam are there?
Ans: Five

7.While praying a Muslim must first...
Ans: Face Mecca

8.What is an Imam?
Ans:A teacher

9.How are the faithful summoned to prayer?
Ans:By a call

10.What is the name of the cubic building that Muslims must make a pilgrimage to?
Ans: The Ka'abah

[ishaquemijee]

2nd Phase:

1 - Name the Prophet of Islam?
Ans: Muhammad

2 - Where do Muslims go on the Hajj?
 Ans: Mecca

3 - What is the role of an Imam?
 Ans:To lead the prayer

4 - What must Muslims do 5 times each day?
 Ans: Pray
 
5 - In what language was the Qur'an revealed?
 Ans: Arabic

6 - What is a Hadith?
 Ans: A saying of the Prophet
 
7 - What is wudu?
 Ans:Ritual washing before prayer
 
8 - In which month does the Hajj take place?
 Ans: Dhul-Hijjah
 
9 - What does the word "Halal" mean in relation to food?
 Ans: It is something that Muslims can eat
 
10 - What do Muslims call Jesus?
 Ans: Isa

[ishaquemijee]

3rd Phase:

1 - Where do Muslims face when they pray?
 Ans: Mecca
2 - Which of the following can Muslims not drink?
Ans: Whisky

3 - Who was swallowed by a whale?
Ans: Hazrat Yunus
 
4 - Which of the following do Muslims avoid during daylight in the month of Ramadan?
Ans: Food and drink

5 - Do Muslims believe in angels?
Ans: Yes
 
6 - Which is the "holy day" in the week for Muslims?
Ans: Friday

7 - Which are the two main sects in Islam?
Ans: Sunni and Shi'a

8 - How many levels of heaven are there?
Ans: 7
9 - What is the Shahada?
Ans: The declaration of faith

10 - To whom was the Qur'an revealed?
Ans: Nabi Karim Muhammad (S)
 

[ishaquemijee]

1 - How many letters are there in the Arabic alphabet?
Ans: 29
 
2 - How do Muslims determine the end of Ramadan?
Ans:Sighting of the moon

3 - Which angel revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad?
Ans:Jibra'il

4 - What is the name of the cave in which the Qur'an was revealed?
Ans:Hira
 
5 - What is the name given to the person who calls people to prayer?
Ans:Muezzin

6 - Who was the first person to recite the call to prayer?
Ans:Bilal ibn Rabah

7 - In what year was the Hijrah?
Ans:622 CE

8 - What does "Insha Allah" mean?
Ans:"If Allah wishes."

9 - What position is Ruku?
Ans:Bowing from the waist
 
10 - How many Surahs are there in the Qur'an?
Ans:114

[ishaquemijee]

1 - Which is the longest surah in the Qur'an?
Ans: Surah Baqara

2 - Which is the shortest surah of the Qur'an?
Ans:Surah Kauther

3 - How many times must Muslims circumnavigate the Ka'ba during the pilgrimage?
Ans:7
 
4 - From which city did the Prophet make his ascension to heaven?
Ans:Jerusalem

5 - What is the name of the animal that took the Prophet on his night journey to heaven?
Ans: Buraq
 
6 - Who found the lost well of Zamzam?
Ans:Abdul Muttalib
 
7 - Who commissioned the building of the Taj Mahal?
Ans:Shah Jehan

8 - What was special about the battle of Khandaq from the military point of view?
Ans:The digging of trenches
 
9 - How many months are there in a Muslim (Hijra) Calender?
Ans: 12

10 - What is the Muslim word for festival?
Ans: EID

[ishaquemijee]

1 - Who was the first martyr of Islam?
 Ans: Summayyah
 
2 - Which surah of the Qur'an does not begin with "Bismillah"?
Ans: Surah al Tawbah

3 - Who were the Aws and the Khasraj?
Ans: Helpers of the Prophet

4 - Who was the first person to accept Islam at the call of Muhammad?
Ans: Khadijah
 
5 - How was Khadijah related to the Prophet?
Ans: Wife
 
6 - Where do Muslims collect the pebbles to throw at the Jamaras?
Ans: Muzdalifah

7 - A king of Abyssinia gave refuge to the Muslims. What was his name?
Ans: Negus
 
8 - Which of these comes first in the day?
Ans: Salat-ul-Zuhr

9 - What do you call the meal that breaks the daylight fast during Ramadan?
Ans: Iftar

10 - Which town is named after the general who began the Muslim conquest of Spain in 711?
Ans: Gibraltar

[ishaquemijee]

1 - What is the du'a for Istikhara?
Ans: Prayer for guidance

2 - Who were Hassan and Hussain?
Ans: Grandsons of the Prophet

3 - When was the Year of the Elephant?
Ans: The year the Prophet was born
 
4 - How many times greater is the reward for offering prayer in congregation than offering it individually?
Ans: 27

5 - What or who were Uhud and Bedr?
Ans:Battles
 
6 - Is it obligatory to visit Medina on the Hajj?
Ans: No

7 - Who was Al-Ghazali?
Ans: A famous philosopher

8 - What is a subhah?
Ans: A string of beads that may be used in prayer
 
9 - Who was the last of the great Moghul Emperors?
Ans: Aurangzeb

10 - What was the colour of "Hajre Aswad" when it descended from Jannah (Paradise)?
Ans: White

[Anisur Rahman]

these are all the very basic of Islam. 

[sethy]

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[ishaquemijee]

1 - From what event does the Muslim calendar start counting years?
Ans: The migration to Medina

2 - What was Medina called at the time of the migration?
Ans: Yathrib

3 - In what direction did Muslims originally face to pray?
Ans: Jerusalem
 
4 - What nationality was the great Muslim hero Saladin?
Ans:   Kurdish
 
5 - When the Prophet Muhammad was 12 years old a Christian monk foretold his prophethood. What was his name?
Ans: Bahira

6 - Who was Zaid ibn Thabit?
Ans: Muhammad's scribe

7 - How many gates are there to Hell?
Ans: 7

8 - Which Ottoman Sultan captured Constantinople?
Ans: Mehmet II

9 - Which of these words is used for being aware of God?
Ans: Taqwa

10 - What did Allah make angels from?
Ans: Light