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Maktab Year 6 / 7

Islamic Studies
December 2020/ Jumad I 1442 Time allowed: 1 hour 30mins

Materials

You may ask for additional lined paper.

Instructions

• Use blue or black ball-point pen.

• Fill in the information at the top of this page.

• Answer all questions.

• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write on blank pages.

• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.

Information

• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.

• The maximum mark for this paper is 90 marks.

• You will be marked on the quality of your written responses.

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SECTION A: Imaan TOTAL 9 Marks

Answer all questions in this section

1 Which three key aspects of the Deen are described in the Hadith of
H. Jibreel (as)?
A Mind, Body and Soul
B Insaan, Jinn and Malaa’ikah
C Islam, Iman and Ihsaan
D Resurrection, Heaven and Hell
(1 Mark)

2 What does the term “hadith” mean?

A Sayings of the Sahaabah (Companions)

B Messages sent from Allah ‫ ﷻ‬to the Prophets (as)
C The way of the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬
D Narrations of Prophet Muhammad‘s ‫ ﷺ‬words and deeds
(1 Mark)

3 List the Six Pillars of Imaan

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6
(6 Mark)

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4 What does the word “Tawheed” mean?

A Night prayers in the month of Ramadhaan

B The testimony of faith
C Oneness of God
D To ascribe partners with Allah ‫ﷻ‬
(1 Mark)

TURN OVER FOR SECTION B

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SECTION B: Prophethood & Seerah TOTAL 15 Marks

Answer all questions in this section

1 How do Muslims describe Prophet Muhammad ‫?ﷺ‬

A The sword of Allah ‫ﷻ‬

B The last and final Prophet
C The lamb of God
D The special one
(1 Mark)

2 What is the translated meaning of the Shahaadah?

A Charity that is given from your excess wealth

B There is no god but Allah
C Testimony of faith
D I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness
that Muhammad is His Messenger
(1 Mark)

3 How did Allah ‫ ﷻ‬honour Prophet Muhammad ‫?ﷺ‬

A Perfecting his character and granting him miracles

B Making life easy for him so he doesn’t have to do any chores
C Giving him money, power and fame
D Letting him choose his super-powers
(1 Mark)

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4 List four rights/duties every Muslim owes Prophet Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬

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3
(3 Mark)

5 Briefly describe a significant experience from the childhood or youth

of Prophet Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬.
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(2 Mark)

6 Explain why the Quraysh were well-respected.

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(2 Mark)

8 What significant change happened when Prophet Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬

was forty years of age?
A He married Lady Khadeejah (as)
B His beard turned grey
C He travelled to Syria
D He received the first revelation in a Cave on Mount Hira
(1 Mark)

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7 Describe an incident from the biography of Prophet Muhammad

‫ ﷺ‬in which he exemplified any of the following:
• Patience and forbearance
• Chivalry and courage
• Fellowship and brotherhood
• Service to family and community
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(4 Mark)

TURN OVER FOR SECTION C

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SECTION C: The Angels & The Hereafter TOTAL 22 Marks

Answer all questions in this section

1 What are Angles made from?

A Smokeless fire
B Light
C Clay
D Water
(1 Mark)

2 Which of the following Angels is in charge of affairs related to the

rain and plants?
A Jibra’eel
B Mika’eel
C Israfeel
D Malakul-Mawt

(1 Mark)

3 Which of the following Books were revealed to Prophet Dawud (as)?

A Qur’aan
B Tawrah
C Zaboor
D Injeel
(1 Mark)

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4 What are the Kiramaan Kaatibeen responsible for?

A Questioning of the grave

B Bringing revelation
C Supplicating for people
D Recording good and bad deeds.
(1 Mark)

5 Explain how angels interact with us throughout our lives.

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(3 Mark)

6 Explain three ways in which knowledge about the angels can help us
be more angelic.
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(3 Mark)

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7 Where might we regularly find the company of the angels?

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(2 Mark)

8 What does “Yawm-Al-Akhir” mean?

A The End of times

B End of the world
C The Last Day
D The Resurrection
(1 Mark)

9 List two other names for Yawm-Al-Akhir in Arabic along with their
meanings in English.
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(4 Mark)

10 Briefly describe the journey of the Soul after death.

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(5 Mark)
TURN OVER FOR SECTION D

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SECTION D: Fiqh TOTAL 26 Marks

Answer all questions in this section. Read the scenario which precedes some
questions.

1 Which of the following best defines the term Fiqh?

A Rules of ritual purification

B The study of the inward modes of worship
C The study of the outward modes of worship
D Lifting the state of Janaabah (greater ritual impurity)
(1 Mark)

2 What are the two levels of ritual purification?

A Wudu and Ghusl

B Janaabah
C Lesser ritual purification
D Knowledge and Ignorance
(1 Mark)

3 What are the two states of greater ritual purification?

A Wudu and Ghusl

B Ghusl and Janaabah
C Haddath
D Knowledge and Ignorance
(1 Mark)

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4 List five types of Najaasah (impurity):

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2
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4
5
(5 Mark)

Scenario 1

Straight after school Maryam waits for her brother Imran at the usual spot
near the water fountain. Their mother reminded her they must refresh wudu
and pray salah prior to starting basketball club – before the prescribed time
expires. The pair meet and go straight to the main hall, where their teacher has
given them permission to pray. Maryam uses a compass to identify the
direction of the Qiblah and the two of them pray and head off to basketball
training.

Later, Maryam is walking home with Imran. Their father had instructed them
to walk home together and to stop to pray at the masjid on their way, before it
gets dark. Just as they approach the mosque Maryam reminds Abdullah to
check his shoes before entering, but unfortunately it appears he has stepped in
Najaasah (impurity).

5 Which Salah are Maryam and Imran praying at the Mosque?

A Fajr
B Zuhr
C ‘Asr
D Maghrib
(1 Mark)

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6 Imran had forgotten his prayer mat at home that morning. Describe
a possible solution for him to pray on an appropriately taahir (pure)
surface in the hall.
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(2 Mark)

7 Explain how Imran can clean his shoes so that they are pure and
suitable for ritual prayer.
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(4 Mark)

8 List one important consideration for the place of relieving the need,
one consideration for the manner of relieving the need, and one
consideration for purification from relieving the need
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(3 Mark)

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9 List two important grooming practices.

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2
(2 Mark)

10 Which of the following is not a sunnah occasion for using the

Miswak?
A After waking up
B Before making wudu
C Before praying salah
D After a funeral
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11 List the four obligations of wudu:

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4
(4 Mark)

12 Which of the following is not Makrooh during wudu?

A Wasting water
B Saying or doing something which is not from wudu
C Splashing or spoiling the place of wudu
D Saying “Bismillah” out loud
(1 Mark)

TURN OVER FOR SECTION E

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SECTION E: History TOTAL 18 Marks

Answer all questions in this section

1 Explain why Musa (as) went in search of Khidr (as).

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(2 Mark)

2 Discuss what we learn about Qadr from the story of Yaqoob (as) and
Yusuf (as).
• What experiences do they go through?
• How is Qadr demonstrated in our lives?

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(6 Mark)

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3 Discuss two ways in which different members of a single Prophetic

family supported one another in seeking the pleasure of Allah ‫ﷻ‬.
• What was their relationship with one another?
• What kind of normal every-day interactions did they share?
• How did they impact one another’s lives for the better?

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(10 Mark)

END OF EXAMINATION

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