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Which angel delivered the Qurʾān to Muhammad?
Which angel delivered the Qurʾān to Muhammad?
- Michael
- Gabriel (correct)
- Uriel
- Raphael
What is the meaning of the term 'Sunnah'?
What is the meaning of the term 'Sunnah'?
- The Qurʾān
- Social legislation
- The example of the Prophet (correct)
- The Day of Judgment
Which group in Islam regards six collections of Hadith as especially authoritative?
Which group in Islam regards six collections of Hadith as especially authoritative?
- The Shiʿah
- The Ibadi
- The Sufis
- The Sunnis (correct)
What is the meaning of the term 'Ijtihād'?
What is the meaning of the term 'Ijtihād'?
What is the primary focus of the suras revealed at Mecca?
What is the primary focus of the suras revealed at Mecca?
What is the primary focus of the suras revealed at Medina?
What is the primary focus of the suras revealed at Medina?
What replaced ijtihād in the 2nd century AH?
What replaced ijtihād in the 2nd century AH?
How many suras (chapters) is the Qurʾān divided into?
How many suras (chapters) is the Qurʾān divided into?
Which group continued to practice ijtihād after the transformation of ijmāʿ into a conservative mechanism in Sunni Islam?
Which group continued to practice ijtihād after the transformation of ijmāʿ into a conservative mechanism in Sunni Islam?
Who claimed the right of new ijtihād for themselves in the 11th-12th century?
Who claimed the right of new ijtihād for themselves in the 11th-12th century?
What caused the principle of new ijtihād to receive wider acceptance in the 18th-20th centuries?
What caused the principle of new ijtihād to receive wider acceptance in the 18th-20th centuries?
What did the transformation of ijmāʿ into a conservative mechanism and the acceptance of a definitive body of Hadith do in Sunni Islam?
What did the transformation of ijmāʿ into a conservative mechanism and the acceptance of a definitive body of Hadith do in Sunni Islam?
Who continued to claim the right of new ijtihād for themselves?
Who continued to claim the right of new ijtihād for themselves?
When did al-Ghazālī claim the right of new ijtihād for himself?
When did al-Ghazālī claim the right of new ijtihād for himself?
What did reformers in the 18th-20th centuries cause to receive wider acceptance?
What did reformers in the 18th-20th centuries cause to receive wider acceptance?
What did the acceptance of a definitive body of Hadith virtually close in Sunni Islam?
What did the acceptance of a definitive body of Hadith virtually close in Sunni Islam?
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