JAMB Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK) 1993 Past Questions

To ensure the authenticity of the compiled text of the Holy Qur’ān, extracts written on various materials were cross-checked with texts

Which of the following terms portrays the Qur’ān as a healing for man’s spiritual and moral waywardness?

In Sūrat al - Mā'ūn(Q.107), we learn that a good believer should not

The expressions Iqra'', ′allama and al - qalam in Sūrat al− ′Alaq emphasize the importance of

The expression above appears in Sūrat al - Kāfirūn

Identify the sūraℎ to which the following āyaℎ belongs

In the hadīth that ends with ‘…piety is based right here …’, the Prophet (S.A.W.) meant the

Asmā' ar - rijāl is a term used by scholars of

‘It is most hateful in the sight of Allah that you say that which you do not’ (Q. 61:3). The main teaching of the verse above is honesty in

From the above, the goal of luqmān's counsel to his son:... As contained in sūrah 31:13 is to

Imām Mālik Ibn Anās was born in

The authenticity of a hadīth may be faulted if

In the Islamic belief system, the opposite of Tawhīd is

The divine attribute of omnipotence is implied in

‘Say: I am but a man like yourselves, (but) The inspiration has come to me …’ (Q.18:110)

In relation to Kalimat sh-shahādah, the verse quoted above

‘Still less can their knowledge comprehend the hereafter …’ Q. 27:66).

This verse above of the Qur’ān implies that

According to Islamic teachings, angels are

The prophet whose wife was impious and consequently suffered the same calamity with the unbelievers was

An aspect of the Nigerian culture which may be regarded as shirk is

According to Qur’ān 4:48, to set up partners with Allah is a great offense which Allah will not forgive

Fortune telling is un-Islamic

In Sūrat al-falaq, the Qur’ān refers to an element of witchcraft and the

Accountability is an act of worship

The second hadīth in an-Nawawi’s collection teaches that it is righteousness to worship Allah as if

At the end of his prayer, how may sitting for at-tashahud are expected of someone who misses two rak’ats in a congregational salā al-Maghrib?

An adult Muslim travels 300km by road during the month of Ramadān and arrives at his destination on the same day. He spends three days and returns on the fifth
day.He is allowed to defer his fasting of the

The text of talbiyah in hājj emphasizes the pilgrim’s

A woman in her menstrual period

Qur’ān 2:193 enjoins believers to fight unbelievers in the course of Allah if it takes that to

According to Qur’ān 6:160, while bad deeds would be rewarded in the same measure, good deeds would be rewarded

The doctrine of trinity is regarded in Islam as a form of

While polygamy is permitted in Sūraℎ 4:3, Sūraℎ 4:129

The practice of comparing the back of one’s wife to that of one’s mother as a method of divorce was known as

In Islamic law on divorce, the custody of a child aged two years or less is normally conceded to the

In Islamic law of inheritance, the brother of a deceased person who had a son is to

Which one of the following actions may be regarded as Mubāℎ?

The sharīah contrasts with the common law because the former is

The Sunni school of thought noted for resorting frequently to the use of personal opinion was that of Imām

In the Islamic economic system, baytuk māl is equivalent to the

‘And consult them in the affairs …’(Qur’ān 3:159). This expression emphasizes the importance of the principle of

The pre-Islamic practice of shigār which was abolished by Islam meant

In the course of hijjat’l - widā, Muslims were taught to

Compared with the situation in Makkah before Hijrad, the da’wah in al-Madina was more

The Caliph who appointed the shūrā Council to produce a successor after his death was

The earliest contact of Islam with Africa dates back to the period of

Ihyā’ ‘Ulūm ad-dīn is the title of a book written by

One of the ways by which Islamic civilization was manifested in West Africa was

Ahmad bab, one of the early West African ‘Ulamā’, was based in

Ignorance of religious rites and duties is not excusable in Islam because