INTERNATIONAL INDIAN SCHOOL AL-MAJMA'AH Solved Work sheet
SUBJECT: Islamic Studies GRADE: VIII L: 20, 27, 28, and 35.
I. Answer the following:
1. The Sadaqah has many and varied interpretation. Explain in the light of Hadith.
Answer: According to the Hadith, Allah’s messenger Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) sent Mu’adh to Yemen and told him to invite people to testify that there is no God but Allah and that Mohammed is the messenger of Allah. If they accept inform them that Allah has prescribed them five prayers in a day and night. If they accept this, inform them that Allah has made obligatory for them to pay Zakah from their property.
2. Is Sadaqah obligatory?
Answer: Sadaqah is not obligatory like Zakah. Sadaqah is optional and it has no limits.
3. What is the difference between Sadaqah and Zakah?
Answer: Every act of kindness is a Sadaqah. Zakah is usually one fortieth of a man’s riches while Sadaqah has no limit.
4. What is Zakah? What does Zakah purify?
Answer: There is no equivalent English term for Zakah. It can be rendered as purifying dues or ‘alms-giving’. Primarily the word Zakah means purity and cleanliness. Zakah purifies our wealth.
5. Is it binding on ‘every Muslim’ to give Zakah?
Answer: Zakah is not obligatory on the poor.
6. What is the fate, according to the Qur’an and Hadith, of those who do not give Zakah?
Answer: Those who do not give Zakah fall outside the pale of Islam.
7. Is Zakah a tax? If not, why?
Answer: Zakah is an act of worship. It is not a tax levied by the governments. It is a pillar of Islam. It is the basis and essence of Islam. www.iismajmaah.com Page 1
8. What did Abu Bakr Siddiq do when some tribes refused to pay Zakah?
Answer: He declared war on them, as if they had abandoned Islam.
9. What did Allah’s messenger say to the woman who did not give Zakah for her golden bracletes?
Answer: Allah’s messenger said that on the Day of Judgement the woman will be made to wear bracelets of fire.
10. Mention the things on which Zakah is due?
Answer: the Zakah is due on-
a.)Gold, silver and financial assets.
b.)Merchandise.
c.)Agricultural products.
d.)Livestock: Camels, cattles, sheep and goats.
e.)Minerals and treasure trove.
11. What is meant by Nisab?
Answer: Zakah is an annual charge on property which stays in the possession, when it reaches a certain limit. This limit is called the Nisab or scale.
11. What is the Arabic word for fasting? What does it mean?
Answer: Sawm is the Arabic word for fasting. Fasting means abstaining from eating, drinking and conjugal relations.
12. On whom is the fasting obligatory?
Answer: It is obligatory on the sick, the very old and very young and women who are pregnant or have infant children to feed.
13. Mention some of the virtues of fasting.
Answer: Some of the virtues of fasting are-
a.) The month of Ramadan changes the whole environment with a spirit of virtue and piety. b.) Everyone tries to avoid sins. c.) It fills them with courage and determination. d.) It showers its blessings on the rich and the poor equally. www.iismajmaah.com Page 2
e.) It is a season of prayers. 14. What is a voluntary fast?
Answer: Muslim may fast on certain days during other times of the year. These fasts are treated as Nawafil or voluntary fast.
15. Mention the days over the year on which Sawm an-Nawafil is commended.
Answer: The days for Sawm an-Nawafil are as follows-
a.) Fasting for six days in the month of Shawwal.
b.) Fasting on the day of Arafah for non-pilgrims.
c.) The fast of Ashura.
d.) Fast of Al-Ayyam al-Bidh.
e.) Fasting on Monday and Thursday.
f.) Fasting in the month of Muharram.
g.) Fasting in the month of Sha’ban.
h.) Fasting on alternate days. II. Fill in the blanks:
1. Fasting is a form of Ibadah. 2. Allah’s messenger used to become usually kind and generous during Ramadan. 3. Fasting of six days in Shawwal brings a reward of sixty days. 4. Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram. 5. Every act of kindness is a Sadaqah. 6. Sadaqah is not obligatory like Zakah. 7. After prayer, Zakah is the most important pillar of Islam. 8. Zakah is an annual charge on property. 9. Zakah is an expression of worship. 10. Only Muslims are entitled to receive Zakah.
III. Learn and recite the Surat-ul-Buruj and Surat-ul-Ghashiyah.
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