Practice Set

Sunnah ghayr Mu’akkadah refers to:

• The act whose omission is preferable and highly commanded

• The act whose both commissions and omissions neither merits any reward nor entails any punishment

• The act that the Prophet performed regularly and is highly recommended for the Muslims to emulate

• The act that the Prophet often performed and sometime omitted without excuse

Divine origin is the key difference that distinguishes Shari’ah and man-made laws.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Below are the CORRECT statements about fiqh rulings, EXCEPT:

• The implementation of fixed fiqh rulings can be deferred if the situation does not permit it to be implemented

• The scholars may utilize ijtihad in deciding the portion of each inheritor for the distribution of inheritance

• Changeable fiqh rulings are rulings that are deduced by the scholars from their understanding and interpretation of Quran, Sunnah and various sources of Islamic law

• The flexibility of fiqh can be founded on the ability of the jurists to utilize the power of reasoning in deciding certain issues of fiqh

Which of the following related to Ahkam al-I’tiqadiyyah:

(i)             Belief in the Day of Judgment

(ii)             Belief in the reward and punishment

(iii)           Injunction to tell the truth

(iv)            The requirements of prayer

• i, iii and iv

• ii and iii

• i and ii

• i, ii and iii

What is the characteristic of Shari’ah that is reflected in the story of confession by Ma’iz to the Prophet?

• Shari’ah is divining origin

• Shari’ah is universal, realistic & contemporary

• The rewards and punishment in Shari’ah is in this world & in the hereafter

• The completeness of Shari’ah         

Choose the correct statement(s) related to the Shari’ah contains flexible principles;

                                  i.          Injunctions related to ‘aqidah, ibadah and akhlaq falls under the fixed and unchangeable injunctions.

                               ii.          Punishment for theft falls under the unchangeable injunctions and cannot be changed as they serve the interest of mankind.

                              iii.          The injunctions related to akhlaq can be changed from time to time to accommodate the needs of mankind

                             iv.          Contract of Salam is an example of ruling that has been accepted in mu’amalah to accommodate the needs of the society.

• ii & iv only­­­­­

• i, ii & iii only

• i, ii & iv only

• a.       All of the above