Name: __________________

 

 

In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate and Merciful

 

Review

Fundamentals  of Faith and Sacred Law & Purification

 

 

(1) What are the attributes necessary for Allah that Muslims must believe in?

 

 

 

 

 

(2) What are the attributes necessary for messengers that Muslims must believe in?

 

 

 

 

 

(3) Explain Imam Nawawi's definition of purification (tahara), giving examples for each type that he mentions.

 

 

 

 

 

(4) How does water become impure?  Is it possible to purify water that has become impure?  If so, how?

 

 

 

 

 

(5) Give examples of animals that are (a) pure when alive and dead, (b) impure when alive and dead, and (c) pure when alive and impure when dead.

 

 

 

 

 

(6) Which animal hides (a) do not need to be tanned to be purified, (b) must be tanned to be purified, and (c) cannot be purified by tanning?  What general rule was mentioned in the lesson that encompasses all these examples and identifies the cases when tanning purifies a hide?

 

 

 

 

 

(7) In the lesson on removing filth, I mentioned two dispensations regarding the removal of major filth.  What were these dispensations and what were the original rulings?

 

 

 

 

(8) How much gold must a container be coated with before it becomes unlawful to use?

 

 

 

 

(9) What are the four types of toothstick mentioned in the lesson?  Rank them in order of superiority.

 

 

 

 

(10) Touching one's private parts with the inside of one's palms or fingers invalidates one's ablution. What exactly is meant by "private parts"?  Explain for both males and females.

 

 

 

 

 

(11) What are the limits of the face in the context of ablution?  Why is it necessary to wash slightly beyond the limits?

 

 

(12) Zayd performs ablution at 1 p.m., puts on his footgear at 2 p.m., goes to sleep at 3 p.m., wakes up at 4 p.m., makes ablution again at 5 p.m. and wipes over his footgear.  Zayd is not travelling.  Until what time may he continue to validly wipe over his footgear?

 

 

 

 

(13) What is the difference between istinja' (washing oneself after using the lavatory) and removing filth?

 

 

 

 

(14) What are the three levels of intention for dry ablution (tayammum)?  What becomes permissible at each level?

 

 

 

 

(15) In the context of menstruation, a woman must "act according to what she sees".  Give a scenario where following this principle leads her to conclude that she is menstruating but she later discovers that she was actually pure.  Give another scenario where following this principle leads her to conclude that she is not menstruating but she later discovers that she was actually in a state of menstruation.