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5 April Quiz Answers

Starter

Where is Jannah / Paradise?

• Under the feet of your mother

Five Pillars of Islam

• Shahada / Kalima
• Prayer
• Fasting (Ramadhan)
• Zakat
• Hajj

6 Articles of Faith / Belief (Aqeeda)

• Belief in Allah.
• Belief in the Angels.
• Belief in Divine Books.
• Belief in the Prophets.
• Belief in the Day of Judgment.
• Belief in al-Qadhaa Wal-Qadr.

Main Answers

1. What type of bird is this

Hud Hud (Hoopoe) Bird

2. Fill in the missing word

“The parable of those who disbelieved in their Lord is that their works are as XXXXXXXXX, on which the wind blows furiously on a stormy day; they shall not be able to get anything of what they have earned. That is the straying, far away [from the Right Path].” (TMQ 14: 18)

“The parable of those who disbelieved in their Lord is that their works are as ASHES (mountain of Ash), on which the wind blows furiously on a stormy day; they shall not be able to get anything of what they have earned. That is the straying, far away [from the Right Path].” (TMQ 14: 18)

3. How long between the 2 shouts (2 blows of the Trumpet)

40

4. Fitna al-Qabr (Trials in the Grave) - What are the 3 questions the angels first ask?

“Ma rabbuk? Wa ma deenuk? Wa man nabiyuk?”

Who is your Lord?
What is your religion?
And who is your Prophet?

5. Exodus: Gods and Kings - In the film ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ Musa* left Egypt in a parade. According to the Qur’an, when did Musa* actually set off ?

In the middle of the night after marking the houses.
We revealed to Moses: "Travel with Our servants by night. You will certainly be pursued." (Surat ash-Shu'ara: 52)

6. Who did Prophet Adam give 40 years of his life to?

Allah drew from Adam's back his descendants and showed him the Prophets among them, Adam saw amongst them a light shining brightly (man with a shining face), so he asked, 'O my Lord! Who is this man'?' Allah said, 'This is your son, Dawud.' He asked, 'O my Lord! How old will be he?' Allah said, '60 years.' He said, 'O my Lord! Increase his age.' Allah said, 'I will not increase it except out of your own age.' (Adam had known from Allah that his own age would be one thousand years) so he granted Dawud* 40 years of his age. When Adam's life came to an end, the angel of death came to take his soul. Then (Adam) said, 'There still remain 40 years of my age.' He forgot that he had gifted Dawud* with them.

7. What is the name of the monk / worshipper (Aabid) who diverted from the path of Islam and killed a mother & child to hide his crime and eventually bowed down (sujood) to Shaytan

The Story of Barsisa 

(summary)

Three men from the children of Israel had to go for a battle and left their sister under his care because he is the most righteous and trustworthy.

He said no then Shaytan said an evil person might corrupt her so he agreed.

She stayed in a separate house.

Barsisa would bring food and leave it on his doorstep (temple).

Then he left it on her doorstep.

“She’s coming out to get the plate and somebody can still see her. You have to deliver the plate into her own room.”

“it’s like she’s in prison, speaking to no one. Why don’t you take that responsibility and speak to her a little”

“Why don’t you make it a little convenient for each other? Don’t scream to each other. Sit in the same room.”

They started getting closer and closer until the great ‘aabid committed zina

She became pregnant. She delivered a child

“The only solution is that you murder the child and bury it.”

“Do you think the mother will keep the secret after you have killed her son? You’re a fool if you think so. You should kill her too”

The brothers came back and Barsisa said she died of an illness.

Brothers saw a dream. Shaytaan said, “Did you believe Barsisa? He’s lying! She is buried in her room, under the rock”

They took him to the king.

Barsisa said, “Please save me!” Shaytaan said, “Make sujood for me.”  Then was killed.

That is the danger of following desire. Sometimes we feel confident because of our knowledge or the Qur’an that we know or the ‘ibadah that we do. We should always be afraid and never be over confident.

8. What were the 3 things al-Khidr did that upset Musa*

Al Khidr took an axe and pulled up a plank (made a hole) in the boat

Al Khidr took a hold of the boy's head and plucked it with his fingertips as if he were plucking some fruit.

Then they saw therein a wall which was just going to collapse and Al Khidr repaired it just by touching it with his hands.

Al Khidr said: "This is the parting between you and me, and I shall tell you the explanation of those things on which you could not remain patient."

9. What is this sin regarding Punishment in the Grave:

And so we proceeded and came across a river.” I think he said, “…. red like blood.” The Prophet added, “And behold, in the river there was a man swimming, and on the bank there was a man who had collected many stones. Behold, while the other man was swimming, he went near him. The former opened his mouth and the latter (on the bank) threw a stone into his mouth whereupon he went swimming again. He returned and every time the performance was repeated, I asked my two companions, ‘Who are these (two) persons?’ They replied, ‘Proceed! Proceed!’

..And the man whom you saw swimming in the river and given a stone to swallow, is the eater of usury (Riba / interest)

10. List ALL 9 signs (ayat) given to Musa* in dealing with Pharaoh according to Islam?

Snake / Staff

White Hand

Years of drought / Scarcity of fruits*

Floods

Locusts

Lice / ticks / fleas

Frogs

Blood

Splitting of the sea*

11. After the Sun rises from the West, the beast will appear. What is he carrying in his hands?

The Prophet* said, “The beast would come out carrying the seal of Suleiman [Solomon] and the stick of Musa [Moses]. It would mark the face of the believer with Musa and would stamp the face of the nonbeliever with the seal of Suleiman. People would be eating together and they would say, ‘Give me this, believer’ or ‘Hand me this non-believer.’” [at-Tarmidhi]

12. To Pharaoh, Musa* was a terrorist and was challenged to a competition with which people?

He said, "Have you come to us to expel us from our land by means of your magic, Moses? We will bring you magic to match it. So fix a time between us and you which neither we nor you will fail to keep at a place where we can meet halfway."

He (Moses) said, "Your time is the day of the festival. The people should gather in the morning." (Surah Ta-Ha: 57-59)

(They said) "To bring you all the skilled magicians."

The magicians came to Pharaoh and they asked, "Will we receive a reward if we are the winners?"

He (Pharaoh) said, "Yes, and you will be among those brought near." (Surat al-A'raf: 112-114)

13. In Summary, what is the secret for individual Muslims to be happy

Find pleasure in doing things that Please Allah.

Hence Allah alone decides what is ‘Right’ and ‘Wrong’, what is ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’, what makes Him ‘pleased’ and what ‘angers’ Him, and so what should make us ‘Happy’ and ‘Sad’

Our priority as Slaves of Allah is to make Allah Pleased with us (like the yearning of a child to his mother)

‘In Truth, In the remembrance of Allah do the hearts find rest/tranquillity’ [TMQ 13:28] and focus on pleasing Allah for our own happiness as He knows what is best for us as He created us that way

14. What is the name of the Night which is better than a thousand months

Lailat al-Qadr

"Verily, We have sent it down in the Night of Al-Qadr.

And what will make you know what the Night of Al-Qadr is

The Night of Al-Qadr is better than a thousand months.

Therein descend the angels and the Ruh by their Lord's permission with every matter.

There is peace until the appearance of dawn.“

Surah al-Qadr [97]

15. Who was the King when Dawud* killed Jalut (Goliath)

Talut  (Saul)

16. In the famous hadith narrated by Abu Huraira (transmitted in Abu Dawud) what did the Prophet* describe a Muslim is to his brother? "A believer is a xxxxxxx to another believer"

In the famous hadith narrated by Abu Huraira (transmitted in Abu Dawud) what did the Prophet* describe a Muslim is to his brother?
"A believer is a mirror to another believer"

17. Who did Musa* slap in the face so hard his eye came out?

Abu Hurairah narrated: "The Angel of Death was sent to Moses*. When he came to Moses, Moses slapped him on the eye. The Angel returned to his Lord and said: 'You have sent me to a slave who does not want to die.' Allah said: 'Return to him and tell him to put his hand on the back of an ox and for every hair that will come under it, he will be granted one year of life.' Moses said: 'O Lord! What will happen after that?' Allah replied: 'then death.' Moses said: 'Let it come now!' Moses then requested Allah to let him die close to the Holy Land so that he would be at a distance of a stone's throw from it."

18. What is a Mihrab?

Prayer niche showing direction of prayer

19. In Surah al-Baqarah, why were Bani Israel ordered to slaughter a cow?

A wealthy man died, leaving behind an only son, who inherited his father's wealth. His cousins envied his good fortune and secretly killed him so that they could inherit it.

The dead boy's other relatives came to the Prophet Moses and asked his help in tracing the boy's murderer.

Moses instructed them to slaughter a cow, remove part of it and place it on the corpse. This would reveal the murderer, he told them.

20. What were the 3 Darknesses that Prophet Yunus/Jonah* was in when he made the Du’a to Allah

Darkness of the Belly of the whale

In the Darkness of the bottom of the ocean

In the Darkness of the night

21. ‘Freedom of Speech’ - 'Charlie Hebdo Magazine'  itself censored, apologised and then fired long-time cartoonist Siné for a caricature insulting who?

'Charlie Hebdo Magazine'  itself censored, apologised and then fired long-time cartoonist Siné for a caricature insulting the son of former president Nicholas Sarkozy and his wife Jessica Sebaoun-Darty, while staunchly standing on their 'right' to repeatedly troll Muslims, minorities & immigrants e.g. by showing Muhammad naked and bending over—which tells you something about the brand of satire they practice and that they’d rather be aiming downward towards minorities than upward

22. Who built the barrier that has trapped Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog & Magog)

They will ask thee of Dhul-Qarnayn. Say: "I shall recite unto you a remembrance of him. Lo! We made him strong in the land and gave him unto every thing a road. And he followed a road. Until, when he reached between two mountains, he found, before (near) them (those two mountains), a people who scarcely understood a word. They said: “O Dhul-Qarnain! Verily! Ya’juj and Ma’juj (Gog and Magog) are doing great mischief in the land. Shall we then pay you a tribute in order that you might erect a barrier between us and them?” He said: “That (wealth, authority and power) in which my Lord had established me is better (than your tribute). So help me with strength (of men), I will erect between you and them a barrier. Give me pieces (blocks) of iron,” Then, when he had filled up the gap between the two mountain-cliffs, he said: “Blow,” till when he had made it (red as) fire, he said: “Bring me molten copper to pour over it.” So they [Ya'juj and Ma'juj] were made powerless to scale it or dig through it. Dhul-Qarnain) said: “This is a mercy from my Lord, but when the Promise of my Lord comes, He shall level it down to the ground. And the Promise of my Lord is ever true.” And on that Day [i.e. the Day Ya'juj and Ma'juj will come out], We shall leave them to surge like waves on one another, and the Trumpet will be blown, and We shall collect them all together.”

23. Courtroom cases: Missing case

Case 1:  The case of 99 Sheep and a good talking man with one man and his only sheep

Case 2:  The case of Sheep grazing in neighbours field destroying his livelihood

Case 3:  The case of a worshipper admiring horses and missing their prayer

Case 4:  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Case 5:  Mothers disputing about whose child survived the wolf attack

Case 1:  The case of 99 Sheep and a good talking man with one man and his only sheep

Case 2:  The case of Sheep grazing in neighbours field destroying his livelihood

Case 3:  The case of a worshipper admiring horses and missing their prayer

Case 4:  The case of what to do with the first batch of Prisoners of War

Case 5:  Mothers disputing about whose child survived the wolf attack

24. The Prophet*’s birthday happens in which month (according to most authentic sources)?

Rabi’ul-Awwal - (3^rd month)

Islamic months:

1. Muharram
2. Safar
3. Rabia Awal  
4. Rabia Thani (Rabiul-Akhir)
5. Jumaadil Awal (Jumaada al-Ula)
6. Jumaada at-Thani
7. Rajab
8. Sha‘ban
9. Ramadhan
10. Shawwal
11. Dhul-Qa'dah
12. Dhul-Hijjah

25. When was Musa* made a Prophet by Allah

Burning Bush

"Moses! I am your Lord. Take off your sandals. You are in the holy valley of Tuwa. I have chosen you, so listen well to what is revealed. I am Allah. There is no god but Me, so worship Me and establish prayer to remember Me." [TMQ 20:11-14]

"Take hold of it and have no fear. We will return it to its original form." [TMQ 20:21]

"Have no fear, Moses. In My Presence the Messengers have no fear." [TMQ 27:10]

Thank you and Well Done

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