IS S3 The Wives and the Descendants of the Prophet PBUH

Al-Qur’an acknowledges the special rank of the Prophet’s ﷺ wives as the Mothers of the Faithful, ___. This title vividly depicted the relationship they had with the followers of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

• Ummu Salama

• Ummul Masaakin

• Ummul Momineen

Hazrat Khadija R.A. was also the first to accept Islam at the Prophet’s ﷺ hand and to learn ___ from him.

• prayers

• rituals

• traditions

• teachings

Hazrat Khadija R.A. remained at his side throughout the years of hardship and persecution in Makka, suffering the deprivations of the boycott with him and his followers. She spent her wealth ___ for the cause and support of Islam.

• • selfishly

• stingily

• generously

• miserly

Hazrat Khadija’s R.A. ___ remained fresh with Hazrat Muhammad ﷺ for years afterwards. One day while he was in Hazrat ‘A’isha’s R.A. apartment in Madina, he turned pale and trembled when a woman called from outside the door: it was Hazrat Khadija’s R.A. sister, whose voice just like Hazrat Khadija’s R.A.

• memory
• dream
• legacy
• thought

One of the Prophet’s ﷺ reason for marrying Hazrat ‘A’isha radhiyallahu ‘anha may have been to ___ ties with his close friend, Hazrat Abu Bakr radhiyallahu ‘anhu.

• disregard
• ignore
• strengthen
• weaken

In 2AH/CE624, Hazrat Fatima R.A. was married to Hazrat Ali ibn Abi Talib R.A., the Holy Prophet’s ﷺ cousin, and went to live in his small house near the Prophet’s ﷺ mosque in Madina. There, the couple gave birth to her first son, whom Hazrat Muhammad ﷺ named Al-Hasan, means ___.

• the strong one

• the weak one

• the wise one

• the beautiful one

After the assassination of Hazrat ‘Ali R.A. in 40aH/CE661, his supporters proclaimed R.A. as the caliph. But ___, the governor of Syria, rejected this and moved forces against him.

• Uthman
• Abu Bakr
• Omar
• Muawiya

On 2 Muharram 60AH/2 October CE680, Husayn pitched his camp at ___, in the desert near Kufa.

• Karbala
• Medina
• Basra

• Baghdad

On 10 Muharram 60AH, the battle began between the 72 supporters of Husayn R.A. and the ___-strong Umayyad army. At first, there were small skirmishes, and the army did not attack in force. But as the day wore on, Husayn’s RA supporters were killed one by one, and his camp was set on fire.

• 2000

• 3000

• 4000

• 5000

Hazrat Husayn’s RA head was cut off and taken to ‘Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, the Umayyad governor at Kufa, and then to the Caliph ___ at Damascus.

• Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
• Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan
• Yazid ibn Muawiya
• Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan