JAMB and WAEC Islamic Religious Studies questions

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All topics Hadith · 46 Islam in West Africa and Nigeria · 48 Islamic economic teachings and trade · 44 Islamic moral teachings (Akhlaq) · 51 Marriage, divorce and inheritance · 49 Selected suras and Qur'anic sciences · 55 Taharah and salat · 58 Tawhid and the articles of faith · 47 The life of the Prophet (Sirah) · 61 The Qur'an: revelation and compilation · 46 The rightly guided caliphs · 44 Zakat, sawm and hajj · 57

Question 541· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
Uthman's caliphate ended when he was
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Answer: C. killed by rebels in Madinah
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Question 542· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
Uthman ibn Affan was killed in
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Answer: B. 656 CE by rebels besieging his house in Madinah
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Question 543· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
The caliph who introduced the Hijrah calendar was
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Answer: D. Umar ibn al-Khattab
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Question 544· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
Ali ibn Abi Talib moved the seat of the caliphate from Madinah to
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Answer: A. Kufah
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Question 545· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
The caliph who set up the diwan (register) to pay stipends to Muslims was
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Answer: D. Umar
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Question 546· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
The caliph who standardised the Qur'an into one official copy was
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Answer: B. Uthman
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Question 547· The rightly guided caliphs· WAEC
Ali ibn Abi Talib moved the capital of the caliphate to
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Answer: A. Kufah
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Question 548· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
Abu Bakr accompanied the Prophet during the Hijrah and hid with him in the cave of
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Answer: D. Thawr
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Question 549· The rightly guided caliphs· JAMB
The third rightly guided caliph was
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Answer: D. Uthman ibn Affan
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Question 550· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB
The day of Arafah falls on
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Answer: D. the 9th of Dhul-Hijjah
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Question 551· Zakat, sawm and hajj· WAEC
Zakat al-Fitr should be paid
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Answer: A. before the Eid al-Fitr prayer
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Question 552· Zakat, sawm and hajj· WAEC
A person exempted from fasting in Ramadan who must make it up later is
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Answer: D. a traveller
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Question 553· Zakat, sawm and hajj· WAEC
Zakat is due when wealth reaches the minimum amount called
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Answer: B. nisab
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Question 554· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB
Eid al-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of
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Answer: C. Shawwal
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Question 555· Zakat, sawm and hajj· WAEC
Walking seven times between Safa and Marwah is called
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Answer: C. sa'y
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Question 556· Zakat, sawm and hajj· WAEC
The rate of zakat on gold, silver and cash savings is
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Answer: A. 2.5%
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Question 557· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB
The minimum amount of wealth on which zakat becomes payable is the
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Answer: D. nisab
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Question 558· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB
The charity paid at the end of Ramadan before the Eid prayer is
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Answer: D. zakat al-fitr
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Question 559· Zakat, sawm and hajj· JAMB
Zakat on crops irrigated by human effort (e.g. pumps) is
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Answer: D. 5%
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Question 560· Zakat, sawm and hajj· WAEC
The rate of zakat on gold and silver is
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Answer: C. 2.5%
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JAMB and WAEC Islamic Religious Studies questions

Uthman's caliphate ended when he was

Uthman ibn Affan was killed in

The caliph who introduced the Hijrah calendar was

Ali ibn Abi Talib moved the seat of the caliphate from Madinah to

The caliph who set up the diwan (register) to pay stipends to Muslims was

The caliph who standardised the Qur'an into one official copy was

Ali ibn Abi Talib moved the capital of the caliphate to

Abu Bakr accompanied the Prophet during the Hijrah and hid with him in the cave of

The third rightly guided caliph was

The day of Arafah falls on

Zakat al-Fitr should be paid

A person exempted from fasting in Ramadan who must make it up later is

Zakat is due when wealth reaches the minimum amount called

Eid al-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of

Walking seven times between Safa and Marwah is called

The rate of zakat on gold, silver and cash savings is

The minimum amount of wealth on which zakat becomes payable is the

The charity paid at the end of Ramadan before the Eid prayer is

Zakat on crops irrigated by human effort (e.g. pumps) is

The rate of zakat on gold and silver is