IS S3 Quiz: Important Personalities

1) His genealogical tree is as a son of Abdal Muttalib, son of Hashim, son of Abd Manaf, son of Qussai, descendant of Fihr. At the age of 8, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) passed into the custody of him after the death of his grandfather. He raised his nephew just like his own children, with the greatest care and affection. He is ______

• Abdul Muttalib

• Abu Jahl

• Abu Lahab

• Abu Talib

2) When Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was 12 years of age, he accompanied his uncle Abu Talib on a trade trip to Syria. At Basra (in Syria), he met a Christian hermit called __________

• Sheema

• Kisra

• Buhaira

• Haleema

3) The one who spoke on behalf of the group of the Quraish Elite who called on Abu Talib saying: “Your nephew has reviled our gods, denounced our religion, belittled our intelligence and claimed that our forefathers were astray. Now either you must stop him or else give us a free hand with him, for you follow what we follow, which is opposed to what he follows, so let us deal with him for you,” was _______________

• Abu Jahl

• Abu Lahab

• Abu Sufyan

4) The real name of Abu Jahl was Amr bin Hisham. His clan called him Abdul Hakm (the father of wisdom) while the followers of Holy Prophet (PBUH) replaced this name with Abu Jahl which means “____________”

• father of rudeness

• father of ignorance

• father of arrogance

• father of ruthlessness

5) _________ is one of the benefactors of Islam, for he gave protection to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) when, after the death of his uncle, Abu Talib.

• Abu Sufyan

• Khalid bin Waleed

• Mut’im bin Adi

• Abdul Muttalib

6) Hazrat ________ is the first cousin of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), was born three years before the Hijra. He was a lucky lad who spent his formative years in the lap of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). In fact, since he became seven years of age, he kept close and constant Companionship to the Holy Prophet (PBUH). Despite his very young age, he behaved like an adult with his intelligence, keen and inquisitive mind and heart.

• Abdullah bin Abbas

• Abdullah bin Umar

7) He was responsible for the preservation and transmission of about two thousand Hadis. This is all the more interesting because he had the honour of accompanying the Holy Prophet (PBUH) for four years only. He was _________

• Hazrat Abu Musa Ashari

• Hazrat Abu Huraira

• Hazrat Abu Zarr Ghaffari

8) In the battle of Uhad, he was martyred at the hands of Wehshi who had been specially deputed to accomplish this job by Hinda, the wife of Abu Sufyan, whose father was killed in the battle of Badr by him. Hinda cut out the liver from his dead body and tried to chew it to ventilate her anger and contempt for him. He was __________

• Hazrat Anas bin Malik

• Hazrat Amr bin Aas

• Hazrat Ameer Hamza

9) He belonged to the tribe of Khazraj and was born 10 years before the Holy Prophet (PBUH) migrated to Madina. When the Holy Prophet (PBUH) settled in Madina, he took Hazrat _____________ under his care. He was almost always in the company of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) doing different jobs for him.

• Mu’az bin Jabal

• Jaffar bin Abu Talib

• Salman Al-Farisi

• Anas bin Malik

10) ________ was martyred after suffering ninety wounds on his body and loss of both of his hands. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said about him: “Allah has granted him two wings in place of his two hands so that he flies about in Paradise wherever he likes.” (Al-Bukhari).

• Hazrat Jaffar bin Abu Talib

• Hazrat Bilal ibn Rabah

• Hazrat Mu’az bin Jabal

• Hazrat Anas bin Malik