Quiz on Islam with Answers

RELIGION Quiz

Quiz on Islam

by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu Central School, Bhutan

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1.      Name the second largest world religion.

2.      Who founded Islam?

3.      When was Islam founded?

4.      What are the followers of Islam called?

5.      What do you mean by the term "Muslim"?

6.      What do you mean by the term "Allah"?

7.      What are the two main texts consulted by Muslims?

8.      What is the Qur'an?

9.      When is the prayer recited by the Muslim?

10.  How often Muslim prayer?

11.  What are the two main divisions of Schools within Islam?

12.  Who are Sunni Muslims?

13.  Who are Shiite Muslims?

14.  Who is Mahdi according to Shiite Muslims?

15.  What is The Hadith?

16.  Which calendar do Muslims follow?

17.  What is Hegira?

18.  What is the Muslim’s creed?

19.  How often does a Muslim require to repeat the creed?

20.  What is the salat according to Muslim?

21.  What is a Muslim Zakat?

22.  What does Ramadan in Muslim believe?

23.  What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

24.  What is Sufism?

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Answer

1.      Islam

2.      Mohammed the Prophet

3.      622 CE

4.      Muslims

5.      It is an Arabic word that refers to a person who submits themselves to the Will of God

6.      It is an Arabic word which means "the One True God."

7.      The Qur'an and the Hadith

8.      The words of God originally in oral and written form

9.      While orienting one's body towards Mecca

10.  In the morning, at noon, mid-afternoon, after sunset and just before sleeping (5 times a day)

11.  The two main divisions of Schools within Islam are: Sunni Muslims and Shiite Muslims

12.  They are the member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad. They follow Hanifa, Shafi, Hanibal and Malik schools

13.  They are the member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs. They follow Jafri School who constitute a small minority of Islam

14.  He is the guided one and had never died but went into hiding waiting for the optimum time to reappear and guide humans towards justice and peace

15.  The collections of the sayings of the prophet Mohammed that are regarded as an excellent guide for living

16.  A lunar calendar which starts with the Hegira

17.  A 300 mile trek in 622 CE when the prophet Mohammed relocated from Mecca to Medina

18.  There is no God but God and Mohammed is his Prophet

19.  At least daily

20.  Muslim Prayer

21.  A 2.5% charity tax and additional donations to the needy as the individual believer feels moved

22.  The ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith

23.  The five pillars of Islam are:

·         To recite at least once during their lifetime the shahadah (the creed)

·         To perform the Salat five times a day

·         To donate regularly to charity through Zakat

·         To fast during the month of Ramadan 

·         To make at least one hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca

24.  It is the mystic tradition in which Muslim followers seek inner knowledge directly from God through meditation and ritual and dancing