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?
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)
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"
"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 - (3rd month)
Islamic months:
- Muharram
- Safar
- Rabia Awal
- Rabia Thani (Rabiul-Akhir)
- Jumaadil Awal (Jumaada al-Ula)
- Jumaada at-Thani
- Rajab
- Sha‘ban
- Ramadhan
- Shawwal
- Dhul-Qa'dah
- 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
