JAMB Islamic Religious Studies questions

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1. Question 301· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

   Kaffarah for deliberately breaking a Ramadan fast by eating includes

   • Afasting sixty consecutive days
   • Bpaying 2.5% zakat
   • Cperforming umrah
   • Dpraying two raka'at

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2. Question 302· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

   Zakat may be given to

   • Athe payer's own parents
   • Bthe poor and the needy
   • Cnon-deserving rich people
   • Dthe payer's children

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3. Question 303· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

   Running seven times between Safa and Marwah is called

   • Atawaf
   • Bsa'y
   • Cramy
   • Dwuquf

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4. Question 304· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

   Hajj is compulsory once in a lifetime for every Muslim who

   • Ais over sixty
   • Blives in Makkah
   • Cis a scholar
   • Dis adult, sane and able to afford it

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5. Question 305· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

   Going round the Ka'bah seven times during hajj or umrah is called

   • Atawaf
   • Bsa'y
   • Cwuquf
   • Dramy

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6. Question 306· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

   The rate of zakat on money and gold held for a full lunar year above the nisab is

   • A2.5%
   • B5%
   • C10%
   • D20%

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7. Question 307· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

   I'tikaf is

   • Athe Eid prayer
   • Bstaying in the mosque for worship, especially in the last ten days of Ramadan
   • Cthe pre-dawn meal
   • Da type of zakat

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8. Question 308· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

   The stoning of the pillars (ramy al-jamarat) takes place at

   • AMina
   • BArafat
   • CMuzdalifah
   • DMadinah

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9. Question 309· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

   A very old person who cannot fast at all must instead

   • Apay zakat al-mal
   • Bfast double later
   • Cfeed a poor person for each day (fidyah)
   • Dperform umrah

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10. Question 310· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

    Fasting during Ramadan is obligatory on every

    • Asane, adult Muslim who is able
    • Bchild
    • Ctraveller without exception
    • Dsick person

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11. Question 311· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

    Which of these is among the eight categories of people entitled to zakat?

    • Athe poor and the needy
    • Bthe rich
    • Cthe zakat payer's own parents
    • Dnon-Muslim traders

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12. Question 312· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

    Eid al-Adha is celebrated on the tenth day of

    • ARamadan
    • BDhul-Hijjah
    • CShawwal
    • DMuharram

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13. Question 313· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

    The rite of hajj without which the pilgrimage is invalid is the standing at

    • AMina
    • BArafat
    • CMuzdalifah
    • DSafa

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14. Question 314· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

    The state of consecration a pilgrim enters before performing hajj is

    • Awuquf
    • Btawaf
    • Csa'y
    • Dihram

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15. Question 315· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

    'Id al-Adha commemorates

    • AIbrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son
    • Bthe end of Ramadan
    • Cthe Hijrah
    • Dthe birth of the Prophet

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16. Question 316· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB

    The nisab for zakat on gold is about

    • A85 grams
    • B10 grams
    • C1 kilogram
    • D500 grams

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