Understanding Shari'ah and Usul al Fiqh

Which of the following is the paramount source of all Islamic jurisprudence?

• The Sunnah and Hadiths

• The Ijma

• The holy Quran

• The Qiyas

What is the meaning of the term Ijma with regard to Islamic jurisprudence?

• Disagreeing on a point of law developed from the Hadiths

• Agreeing upon or uniting in opinion

• The regulation of protection versus taxes with regard to the dhimmi

• A unified form of Islamic law

What does the term Qiyas refer to?

• A specific variant of the general concept of ijtihād

• Responses 1, 3, and, 4 are all correct

• Analogous reasoning as applied to the deduction of juridical principles from  the Quran and the Sunnah

• The least influential of the four sources of Usul al fiqh

Article 1 of Federal Law No. 28 of 2005, which applies to personal status cases stipulates (says) what?.

• The Law provides that the Law shall apply to all UAE nationals

• Responses 1, and 3 are correct

• The Law provides that the Law shall apply to all UAE nationals except non-Muslims

• None of these responses are correct

Which of the following is NOT a concern of the Personal Status Court?

• Proof of ownership

• Proof of lineage or inheritance

• Proof of Maturity

• Alimony

Which organism generally handles personal status cases free of charge

• The NAMLCTFC

• The Court of First Instance

• The Judicial Council

• The Family Guidance Section

A legal ruling on a point of Islamic law, given by a recognized Faqih (authority), in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge, or government, is called what?

• An iftā

• A Fiqh

• A Fatwā

• An Itijihad

What is Fiqh?

• The human understanding of Sharia'h

• The unquestionable law of Islam

• The collection of all the relevant hadiths

• The personal opinion of the jurist, or ra'y

what is the definition of Itijihad?

• This is a rule of law drawn from personal opinion or legal speculation.

•  A new, evidence–based rule of law, found in the sources.

• This term is the definition of international law according to Islam

• This is the definition of the Islamic law of war

Which of the following does NOT relate to Ijma?

• The consensus of the scholars of the ummah of a certain period over a religious matter.

• The agreeing upon or uniting in opinion

• That which is known and the laws of Allah

• The Third source of Islamic jurisprudence