islam

Question 1

what does Zakah mean

Answer 1

“to increase” and” to purify”

Question 2

what are the conditions for Zakah to be compulsory

Answer 2

Be a Muslim
Be nature
Own the nisab amount
Own the nisab amount after the
the passing of one lunar year

Question 3

what is nisab

Answer 3

nisab is the amount of money which you must own for zakah to be compulsory

Question 4

what is the nisab amount equivalent to

Answer 4

612.36 grams of silver or 87.48 grams of gold

Question 5

what can you pay your Zakah on

Answer 5

Gold
Silver
Business stock/merchandise
Cash in hand or money owed to you

Question 6

name 3 non-zakatable items

Answer 6

Jewellery besides gold and silver
Car – personal or given on rent
House-personal or given on rent
Electronic appliances
Household appliances

Question 7

name 4 ppl you cant give Zakah to

Answer 7

General welfare projects e.g public wells
hospitals
madrasahs
construction projects
one’s wife or husband
one’s parent, grandparents, great grandparent, etc
one’s children’s, grandchildren, great-grandchildren
non-Muslim

Question 8

what are the 4 steps of inheritance

Answer 8

Burial and shrouding- pay for the shrouding with the deceased’s money
All debts-the deceased person’s wealth will be used to pay off debts
The bequeath- the deceased person’s wealth will be given to others. it can be given to an orphanage or a masjid etc

Question 9

what vessels should be slaughtered for meat to be halal

Answer 9

Trachea( windpipe )
Oesophagus ( food pipe )
The 2 jugular veins

Question 10

what must be said while slaughtering

Answer 10

Bismillahi Allahu Akbar

Question 11

name 2 rights animals have

Answer 11

Don’t endue pain to the animal
Don’t slaughter an animal in front of other animals
Cutting the throat more than needed or cutting the head entirely is disliked
animals must not be dragged to the place of slaughter

Question 12

what are the 4 conditions for udhiyah to be compulsory?

Answer 12

be mature
be Muslim
own equal or more than the nisab amount between the 10 – 12th dhul hijjah
not Musafir (traveler)

Question 13

what animals can be used for udhiyah

Answer 13

sheep
goat
cattle
camels

Question 14

what conditions should apply to the animals

Answer 14

goats and sheep must be at least 1 year old
sheep’s that look like they’re 1 year old provided they are 6 months old
cattle must be 2 years old
camel must be at least 5 years old

Question 15

what work would Umar Ibn Al Khattab do as a child

Answer 15

to look after a large flock of camels

Question 16

why was Umar Ibn Al Khattab so resistant to Islam

Answer 16

Islam was against everything the Quraysh believed in. He was worried that Makkah would lose its status due to Islam

Question 17

what convinced Umar Ibn Al Khattab to convert to Islam

Answer 17

When Umar had read the Qur’an he had then started to believe in Islam.

Question 18

note one hadith that shows how dedicated Umar Ibn Al Khattab was in learning everything abt Islam

Answer 18

The prophet ﷺ had a dream once .he said “whilst I was sleeping, a cup of milk was brought to me and I drank from it until I could see its wetness emerging from my fingertips then I gave the leftover to Umar ”the companions asked what do you interpret from the dream? The prophet ﷺ said “it refers to knowledge”

Question 19

what ayah did Abu Bakr say when Umar Ibn Al Khattab was talking to the people after the prophet’s death?

Answer 19

”Muhammad is no more than a messenger and indeed (many) messengers have passed away before or killed will you turn back on your heels who turns back on his heels not the least harm will be done by Allah and Allah will give rewards to those who are grateful”

Question 20

which angel will blow the trumpet on the day of judgment

Answer 20

Angel Israfil will blow the trumpet

Question 21

how long did Al-Mansur rule

Answer 21

Khalifah al-Mansur was their ruler who ruled between 128-168AH

Question 22

what would Al-Mansur do at night

Answer 22

he would wake up in the last third of the night and pray all the way till fajr

Question 23

how long did Harun Rashid rule

Answer 23

Harun Rashid became khalifah at 25 ruling from 170-194AH