ISLAMIC STUDIES

First in Islam:
• Hazrat Khadija accepted Islam first in Women
• Hazrat Abu Bakar accepted first in Men.
• Hazrat Ali accepted Islam first in Children.
• Hazrat Bilal Habshi was the first slave to accept Islam.
• The first Shaheed (Martyr) was Amaar bin Yaasir
• First female martyr: Summaya (mother of Amaar bin Yaasir) by Abu Jahl.

Holy Books
 How many Holy Books are there? Four
 The Torat (the old testament) : Hazrat Moosa (A.S)
 The Zaboor (Psalm): Hazrat David (A.S)
 The Injeel or Bible: Hazrat Issa (A.S)
 Holy Quran: Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH)

Angels
 The most exalted angels are four.( Hazrat Gabriel, Hazrat Izraeel, Hazrat Israfiel, Hazrat Mekael)
 Duty of Hazrat Gabriel?To convey Allah’s message to Nabi. (Brought the revelation from Allah to
Prophet).
 Hazrat Izraeel? To capture Rooh. (He is called the angel of death) (Malaki Maut)
 Hazrat Mekael? To manage rains and eatings for creature.
 Hazrat Israfiel? To blow Soor. (Israfiel will blow the trumpet on the day of Judgement).
 Greatest angel as per Islam is Jibra’eel.
 Who is referred in the Quran as Rooh-ul-Ameen/Ar-Rooh/Rooh-al-Qudus? Hazrat Jibrael (A.S)
 Each human being is attended permanently by two angels
 Karam-un-Katibin means Illustrious writers.

Namaz
 Salat has been mentioned in Holy Quran :700 times
 Namaz (Salat) was made obligatory during the Prophet’s Miraj at 10 nabvi
 Namaz-e-Kasoof is offered for Solar Eclipse.
 Namaz-e-Khasoof is offered for Moon Eclipse
 Namaz-e-Istasqa is offered for Rain.
 Salat-e-Istakhara is offered for Coming Hajat
 Salat-e-Hajat is offered for Prevailing Hajat
 Salat-e-Khauf is offered during? War
 Which two prayers have no Azan? Janaza and Eid
 Eid prayer is Wajib

Zakat
•Zakat literally means? Purification
• When Zakat was made compulsory? 2A.H
• Injunction of utilization of zakat is in Surah-al Tauba.
•Number of heads for distribution of zakat are 8.
• Zakat mentioned along with Namaz in the Quran 22 times
•How many times the word Zakat occurs in the Holy Quran? 32
•Zakat is payable on gold of? 7.5 tolas
•Zakat is payable on silver of? 52.5 tolas
•How many camels render are to par Zakat? 5
•How many goats or sheeps render are to pay zakat? 40
•How many cows render are to pay Zakat? 30
•Zakat on agricultural produce is called Ushr (1/10 of the produce)
• Rate of ushr on artificially irrigated lands is 1/20 on the produce

Fasting
• Fast means to stop.
• Fasting made obligatory in 2nd A.H.
• Fasting is commanded in al-Bakarah.
• 1st Ashra of Ramzan=Ashra-e-Rehmat.
• 2nd Ashra=Ashra-e-Maghfirat.
• 3rd Ashra=Ashra-e-Nijat.
Hajj
 Hajj means to intend.
 Hajj made compulsory in 9 A.H.
 First Hajj offered in 9 A.H. (in the leadership of hazrat abu bakr .he is called first ameer e hajj)
 The holy prophet performed only 1 Hajj in 10th A.H.
 Yom-e-Afra is called to Hajj day.
 Yum e Arafat is 9th Zul Hajj.
 First structure of Kaaba was built by Adam.
 Ibrahim & Ismail rebuilt Kaaba
 Al-Imran is the surah in which Hajj is commanded.
 Throwing stone on three shaitan during hajj is called rami(rami-al- jamrat)
 Yalmalam is the Meeqat for the people of Pakistan.
 Dhulhulaifah is meeqat for people coming from madina or this direction
 Hajj-e-akbar:Hajj that is performed on Friday

PROPHETS OF ISLAM
 Abul Basher is called to Hazrat Adam.
 Safiullah hazrat Adam
 Nooh is called Naji Ullah; Shaikh ul Ambiya.
 Abu ul Bashr Sani is title of Noah.
 Ibrahim is called khalilullah, father of prophets
 Shoaib called Speaker of the Prophets (Khateeb ul ambiya)
 Holy quran has given the title of sahib-ul -hoot to: hazrat younas
 Zabeeullah and Abu al Arab are called to Hazrat Ismaeel.
 Our prophet has the title Habibullah.
 Hazrat Musa was Kalimullah.
 Prophet ESSA is called Rooh-ul-Ullah
 Prophet Dawood has the title Najeeb Ullah.
 Epithet of hazrat Idrees is Sidique-ul-Ambia
 Prophet given the title of Imam-un-Nas: Hazrat Ibrahim
 To which prophet title Zun-Noom refers: Hazrat Younas

 Duration of storm of Noah was for 8 months.

 Abraham remained in fire 40 days.
 First wife of Ibraheem was Saarah.( was mother of hazrat ishaq & was sister of : hazrat loot)
 Second wife of Ibraheem was Haajirah.( mother of hazrat ismail &daughter of Pharoh of Egypt)
 Zam Zam emerged from beneath the foot of Hazrat Ismaeel in the valley of Batha (Makkah).
 The event of ring is related to Hazrat Sulaiman.
  The prophet mentioned in Quran for most of times is Moosa.
 Tur-e-Sina was the mountain where Hazrat Musa (AS) received Allah’s message.
 Prophet Ayub suffered from Skin Disease.
 Hazrat Ayub was famous for his patience.
 Aad was the nation of hazrat Hood..
 After seven day’s continuous rain and storm the nation of Hood destroyed.
 Miracle of she camel was associated with Prophet Hazarat Saleh
 Yousuf was the son of Yaqoob.
 Yousuf had 12 brothers.Real brother of Yousuf was Bin Yamen.
 In holy quran Ahsan ul Qasasis called to is the life story of hazrat Yousuf.

Companions
 Periods of Caliphs (632-661)
 Abu Bakar (632-634) 2y 3m
 Hazrat Umar (634-644) 10y 5m 21d.
 Hazrat Usman (644-656) 12y
 Hazrat Ali (656-661) 4y 9m.
 Shahbi given the title ateeq: Abu Bakr
 In which Battle hazrat Abu Bakr donated all of his wealth: Gazwa Tabook
 who performed jihad against the zakat refusers: hazrat abu bakr
 Shahabi which migrated openly along with 20 other sahabis: Hazrat Umar
 Abu Lulu Feroz, martyred Hazrat Umar Farooq in 23 Hijri.Was attaked on (26 Dhul- Hijjah 23 AH was
martyred on 1st Muharram 24 A.H.
 Hazrat Umar introduced Hijra Calender.
 How many times Hazrat Usman Migrated to madinah: 2 times
 Hazat Usman is known as Zul Noorain because he wedded with two daughters of Prophet: Rukya
&Umme Qulsoom.
 Cause of death of hazrat usman in 656 (35 hijri) at the age of 79 in madinah: Was martyred by rebels
 Hazrat Ali was martyred on 21st Ramzan 40 A.H.
 Hazrat Ali was martyred by the Kharijite Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam in the Fajr prayer in Great Mosque
of Kufa
 Only sahabi without seeing Prophet Awais Karni.
 Sahabi known as Imam-ul-Umat: Hazrat Abu Bakr
 Total number of hafiz e quran at the time of death of Holy prophet: 22
 First Revelarion (wahi) was written by Hazrat Khalid Bin Saeed and the last wahi was written by Hazraat
Abi bin Kaab
 Ashra masbashra are the 10 shabis : (Hazrat Abu bakr, Hazrat Umar, Hazrat Usman, Hazrat Ali, Hazrat
Talha, Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin Jirrah, Hazrat Saeed bin Zaid, Hazrat Saad bin Abi Waqas, Hazrat Abdur
Rehman bin Auf, Hazrat Zubair bin Awam) R.A
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 .Sahabi titled as Umeer-ul-hajj:Hazrat Abu Bakr
 Who is called sani as nain: hazrat abu bakr
 Sahabi called as Bab-ul-ilm: Hazrat Ali
Battles
 Jihad made obligatory in 2nd A.H.

 622 AD Hijrat-e-nabwi
 First Ghazwa is Widdan or Abwa in 1 A.H
 624 Battle of Badr.2hij
 625 Battle of Uhad. 3hij
 626 Battle of Rajih.4hij
  627 Battle of Khandaq (Ahzab).5hij
 628, Treaty of Hudaibiya, Hazrat Khalid bin Walid Accepted Islam, Conquest of Khyber.6hij
 629, Battle of Mutah, Preaching of Islam to various kings.7hij
 630, Battle of Hunain, Conquest of Makkah.8hij
 631, Battle of Tabuk. 9hij
 632, Hajjat-ul-Wida.10hij
 680, Tragedy of Karballah.61hij

 Badr is well
 Leader of the Kufar in this battle was Abu Jahl.
 Yom-ul Furqan is called to Yom ul Badar.

 In Uhad quraish were laid by Abu Sufwan.

 In Battle of Uhad, the teeth of Holy Prophet were martyred.

 Ahzab means Allies.

 Hazrat Salman Farsi (R.A) gave the idea of digging ditch
 The Ghazwa in which the Holy Prophet PBUH missed four prayers was Ghazwa Khandaq

 Sulah hadabiyah 6th hijri

 Fath Mobeen is called to Sulah Hudaibiah.
 Sulah hadebiah was written by HAzrat Ali

 Khalid bin Walid was titled Saif-ul-Allah in battle Moata.

 Last gazwa in which holy prophet participated: tabuk
 For battle of Tabuk, Abu Bakr donated all his belongings

 27 total no of Ghazwas.
 Battle in which prophet not participated is known as Saria.
 Total number of Sarias is 53 or 56.
 Battle of Camel was fought b/w Ali and Hazrat Aysha
 Battle of yarmook was fought against Romans or byzantine empire in reign of Hazrat Umar
 Battle of qadsiya fought against iran (Sassanid Persian) empire in the reign of hazrat umar

Children of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)

 Hazrat Zainab was eldest--Hazrat Ruqayah 2nd eldest--Hazrat Umme Kalsoom was the 3rd --
Hazrat Fatima was the youngest and most beloved of the daughters of the Holy Prophet
 Total number of sons of Prophet was 3. (Hazrat Qaasim (R.A), Hazrat Abdullah (R.A) & Hazrat
Ibrahim (R.A)
 Hazrat Hassan was seven years old, and hazrat Husain was six when Prophet Muhammad (May
Peace Be upon Him) died in 632 A.D.
Islam
 Basic beliefs in Islam: 2
 There are 5 fundaments of Islam.
 Pillars of Islam in correct order: Shahdateen, salat, zakat, soam, Hajj
 In which Surah of the Holy Quran the word “Khatimum-Nabiyyeen” is mentioned? Al-Ahzab
 Explain the first and the last Aqeeda (Belief)? Aqeeda-e-Tauheed, Aqeeda-e-Akhirah
 First institution of Islam is Suffah. (now in masjid e nabwi)
 Ijma means ageing upon any subject.while Qayas means reasoning
 Most authentic sources of Islamic jurispondence are:
 1st =Quran, 2nd =Sunnat (hadith), 3rd =Ijma, 4th =Ijtihad, 5th =Qiyas
  Janatul Baki is situated in Madina. JANAT UL MOALA is a graveyard in MECCA.
 Oldest mosque on earth is Kaabatullah.
 1st Kalima=Tayyab, 2nd =Shahadat, 3rd =Tamjeed, 4th =Tauheed, 5th =Astaghfar, 6th =Rad- e-Kufar
 Incident of change of qiblah happened in 2 AH ,and the mosque is known as masjid qibblatein (Madina)
 First collection of Ahadith is Sahifah-e-Saadiqa.
 In iman-e-Mufassal essential beliefs are 7 in number.
 Another name of surah Ali-Isra is bani Israel
 Which Surah starts without Bismillah: Al-Toba
 Surah in which bismallah is mentioned twice : surah namal
 Who collected Quranic verses in one place: Hazrat Usman (RA)
 In how many days Allah created the earth and skies: 6 days
 Taliha false prophet was killed by: Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed
 Musalimah false prophet was killed by Sahabi: Hazrat Wahshi
 Cave in which holy prophet took refuge during Hijrat: Cave of saur.
 After hijrat to madina first important thing the holy prophet did: built a mosque
 Name the first mosque built by holy prophet during migration: Quba (prophet stay in qubah :4 day)
 First written constitution of the world: Meesaq-e-madina
 Messaq- madina (also known as charter of madina) took place in: 1 AH

Ummul momineen (R.A)

 Ist hazrat Khadija, 2nd hazrat sauda, 3rd wife of Prophet was Hazrat Ayesha.
 Hazrat Khadija was buried at Jannat-e-Moalla in Macca.while all other ummul are buried in janat –ul-baqi
 Zainab bint Khazeema is known as Ummal Masakeen.
 Ayesha is called Al-Tayyabeen.(was daughter of hazrat abu bakr)
 Daughter of Umer who married to Prophet was Hafsa.
 Ummmul momineen died last was Umaay Salma.(she was alive at karbela traedy in 61 AH)
Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
 At age of 40 holy Prophet received first Wahy in ghare hira.
 In 622 A.D Holy Prophet migrated to madina.(holy prophet spent 53 years in makkah & 10 years in
madinah)
 Name of the camel on which Prophet was riding in migration was Qaswa.
 Hazrat Haleema was the foster mother of Holy Prophet.
 Name the foster mother(s) of the Holy Prophet (SAW) Hazrat Halema (RA), Hazrat Sobia (RA) and
Hazrat Khola (RA)
 First Forster mother was Sobia who was mother of Hamza.
 Sheema was the foster sister of Holy Prophet.
 Waqia miraj 27 Rajab 10 nabvi
 Namaz (Salat) was made obligatory during the Prophet’s Miraj at 10 nabvi
 Charter of Madina was issued on 1 A.H it had 53 Articles.
 Transfer of Qibla was ordered in 2nd A.H.
 Prophet performed Umrah in 7th A.H.
 Prophet performed 1(in10 A.H) Hajj and 4 umras.

Quran
 86 Makki Surah.  Al-Baqrah is the longest Surah.
 28 Madine Surah.  Al- Kausar is the shortest Surah.
 558 Rukus.  Al-Nass is the last surah.
 6236 is the number of Ayats
 14 bows are in Quran.  Al-Namal contains two Bismillahs.
 First bow (sadjah) occurs in Surah Al A'Raf  Surah touba is without bismillah
 Last bow (sajdah) is in : Surah Alaq 
 Five verses reveled in the first wahy.(surah alaq)  Al-alq means Clot of blood.
 Al-Mudassar-2nd Revealed Surah  Namal means Ant.
 37 total number of surah in last parah.  Surah Inaam means Camel.
 There are 7 stages in Holy Quran.  Surah Nahl means Honey bee.
 Surah Rehman is known as beauty of Quran.(aroos ul  Surah Ankaboot means spider.
quran)
 Surah Yaseen is known as Heart of Quran  Kausar means Abundance.
 Surah called as Salasul Quran : Surah Akhlas  Nasr means Help.
  Ikhlas means Purity of faith.
 Surah called as Babul-Quran: Surah Fateha  Falak means Dawn.
 Surah called Umm-ul-quran:Surah fateha  Un-Nass means Mankind.
 Surah called Miftah-ul-quran: Surah fateha
 Surah named as ummul kitaab:Fateha  Longest Ayat of Holy Quran is Ayat al
 fastah-ul quran:Fateha dayn in surah baqrah.

 Namaz commanded in quran for 700 times.  Ayat-ul-kursi is in : Surah Al-Baqrah

 Al-Imran is the surah in which Hajj is commanded.  Al-Falq and Al-Nas revealed at the same
time.

 Hazrat Usman was the first Hafiz of the Holy Quran.

 Hazrat Khalid Bin Saeed, the first writer of Wahy.
 25 prophets mentioned in holy Quran.
 Present shape of quran is Taufeeqi.
 Complete revelation in 23 years
 Subject of Holy Quran is Man.
 Shah Waliullah Translated Holy Quran in Persian and
 Shah Rafiuddin in Urdu in 1776.
 Hafiz Lakhvi translated Holy Quran in Punjabi.
 First Sindhi translation of Quran by Aakhund Azizullah Halai

Islamic Months
1- muharram ( forbidden)
2- safar (void)
3- rabi ul awal (the first spring)
4- rabi us sani (the second spring)
5- jamad ul awal (the first parched land)
6- awad us sani (the last parched land)
7- rajab (respect,honour)
8- shaban (scattered)
9- ramadan ( burning heat)
10- shawal (raised)
11- zi quad (the one of truce/sitting)
12- zil hajj (the one of pilgrimage)