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Understanding Shari'ah and Usul al Fiqh

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

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

a)

The Sunnah and Hadiths

b)

The Ijma

c)

The holy Quran

d)

The Qiyas

2.

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

a)

Disagreeing on a point of law developed from the Hadiths

b)

Agreeing upon or uniting in opinion

c)

The regulation of protection versus taxes with regard to the dhimmi

d)

A unified form of Islamic law

3.

What does the term Qiyas refer to?

a)

A specific variant of the general concept of ijtihād

b)

Responses 1, 3, and, 4 are all correct

c)

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

d)

The least influential of the four sources of Usul al fiqh

4.

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

a)

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

b)

Responses 1, and 3 are correct

c)

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

d)

None of these responses are correct

5.

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

a)

Proof of ownership

b)

Proof of lineage or inheritance

c)

Proof of Maturity

d)

Alimony

6.

Which organism generally handles personal status cases free of charge

a)

The NAMLCTFC

b)

The Court of First Instance

c)

The Judicial Council

d)

The Family Guidance Section

7.

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?

a)

An iftā

b)

A Fiqh

c)

A Fatwā

d)

An Itijihad

8.

What is Fiqh?

a)

The human understanding of Sharia'h

b)

The unquestionable law of Islam

c)

The collection of all the relevant hadiths

d)

The personal opinion of the jurist, or ra'y

9.

what is the definition of Itijihad?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

This term is the definition of international law according to Islam

d)

This is the definition of the Islamic law of war

10.

Which of the following does NOT relate to Ijma?

a)

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

b)

The agreeing upon or uniting in opinion

c)

That which is known and the laws of Allah

d)

The Third source of Islamic jurisprudence