CSS Islamic Studies chapter 6: Islamic law and jurisprudence MCQs with answers

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32 exam-style questions on Islamic law and jurisprudence, each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.

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Ten Islamic law and jurisprudence questions with answers

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1. Which jurist founded the Hanafi school of law?

  1. A
    Imam Malik
  2. B
    Imam al-Shafi'i
  3. C
    Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
  4. D
    Imam Abu Hanifa
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Answer: D. Imam Abu Hanifa (Nu'man ibn Thabit) is the founder of the Hanafi school, which developed in Kufa.

2. Which scholar wrote Al-Risalah, regarded as the first systematic work on the principles of Islamic jurisprudence?

  1. A
    Imam al-Shafi'i
  2. B
    Imam Abu Hanifa
  3. C
    Imam Malik
  4. D
    Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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Answer: A. Al-Shafi'i's Al-Risalah set out the rules of using the Quran, sunnah, ijma and qiyas. The other three founded schools of law but did not write the first usul work.

3. Gambling is classed as

  1. A
    makruh
  2. B
    mubah
  3. C
    mandub
  4. D
    haram
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Answer: D. The Quran explicitly forbids gambling, so it is haram, strictly prohibited.

4. Which is the highest source of Islamic law?

  1. A
    The sunnah
  2. B
    Ijma
  3. C
    The Quran
  4. D
    Qiyas
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Answer: C. The Quran is the primary source, and every other source is measured against it.

5. Imam al-Shafi'i, founder of the Shafi'i school, studied under Imam Malik and later settled and died in

  1. A
    Makkah
  2. B
    Kufa
  3. C
    Egypt
  4. D
    Damascus
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Answer: C. Al-Shafi'i spent his last years in Egypt, where his later teaching was recorded, and died there in 204 AH.

6. The prohibition of theft and fraud mainly serves the protection of

  1. A
    intellect (aql)
  2. B
    property (mal)
  3. C
    lineage (nasl)
  4. D
    life (nafs)
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Answer: B. Rules against theft, cheating and unjust seizure protect people's property and their right to enjoy what they earn lawfully.

7. A recommended act that earns reward but is not obligatory, such as voluntary prayers, is classed as

  1. A
    fard
  2. B
    mandub (sunnah)
  3. C
    haram
  4. D
    mubah
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Answer: B. Mandub (or mustahabb) acts are encouraged and rewarded, but omitting them is not a sin.

8. Which of the four Sunni schools of law is most associated with the Arabian Peninsula (especially Saudi Arabia)?

  1. A
    Hanafi
  2. B
    Shafi'i
  3. C
    Maliki
  4. D
    Hanbali
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Answer: D. The Hanbali school, founded on the teaching of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, is the predominant school in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

9. Applying the prohibition of wine (khamr) to other intoxicating drinks because they share the same effect is an example of

  1. A
    ijma
  2. B
    naskh
  3. C
    tafsir
  4. D
    qiyas
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Answer: D. Qiyas extends the ruling of a text to a new case with the same underlying reason (illah): here, intoxication.

10. In which region is the Maliki school most widely followed?

  1. A
    South Asia and Central Asia
  2. B
    Southeast Asia and East Africa
  3. C
    North and West Africa
  4. D
    Syria and Turkey
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Answer: C. The Maliki school predominates in North and West Africa. The Hanafi school is strongest in South and Central Asia and the Shafi'i school in Southeast Asia.

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How many Islamic law and jurisprudence MCQs are there?

32, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 2 topics: Sources of Islamic law, Jurists and schools of law. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.

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