Part 5 50 Questions Imam Ali, Al-Hasan, and Al-Husain.

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Imam Ali, Al-Hasan, and Al-Husain

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Name the arbitrator Ali was forced to use.a. Though Ali wanted the brilliant Ibn

Abbas to represent him, Ali's divided camp, wanted Ash'ari.

b. a, + Ash'ari was fired by Ali sometime before, was not so sharp faculties.

c. Though Ali wanted Ibn Aas to represent him, Ali's divided camp, wanted Mu'awiya.

d. Ali chose Al-Ash'ath.


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Click for the answerWhat was the deficiency of

Ali's representative, Ash'ari?a. He was incompetent, fired by

Ali some time before.b. a, + He was an old man

naive to some extent.c. a, + He was very close to Ali

and a General in his forces.d. a, + He was a Khariji.


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Click for the answerExplain the deception that Ibn

Aas utilized to trick Ash'ari in Dammatul Jandal.a. Ibn Aas convinced Ash'ari to demote

both Ali and Mu'awiya.b. Ibn Aas after flattering Ash'ari to

speak first, though Ali's side asked him not to.

c. a, b, + Ash'ari announced that Ali and Mu'awiya were to be removed.

d. a, b, c, + Ibn Aas said, "I agree with Ash'ari about Ali's removal, but Mu'awiya is fit for the Khilaafah.”


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Who were the Khariji?a. The Khariji were deviants or

outsiders of the realm of Islam.b. a, + who wanted neither Ali nor

Mu'awiya.c. a, + who wanted preferred Ali

but not Mu'awiya.d. a, + who wanted preferred

Mu'awiya but not Ali.


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Describe Nahrawan encounter with the Khariji.a. Out of a total 12,000 Khariji 9,000 quit

their opposition to Ali after Ali convinced them of his stand.

b. a, + Three thousand Kharijis insisted on fighting Ali, most of whom met their end.

c. a, + Three thousand Kharijis went to the mountains to fight Ali.

d. a, + One thousand Kharijis stubbornly fought Ali, most of whom met their end.


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Click for the answerDescribe the terrorist acts

Mu'awiya started to inflict on the Islamic Ummah.

a. Mu'awiya sent missions of secret agents, spies, and gangs to intimidate, murder, steal, and pilfer.

b. a, + He did that in Iraq, then in Basrah.

c. a, b, + And in Hijaz, then in Yemen,d. a, b, c, + And in Egypt!


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Click for the answerQuote the Hadith the

Prophet said about Ali's end.a. The most evil of evildoers is the

one who will wet this (beard) with the blood from this (forehead).

b. The one who will wet this beard with the blood from the forehead.

c. The man of Syria who will do you in.

d. The evil man of Kufa who will do you in.


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Who is Ibn Muljim?a. Muslim from Mu'awiya's camp

who killed Ali.b. Khariji Muslim who killed Ali.c. a, + Muslim relative of Ibn

Aas who killed Ali.d. a, + Muslim relative of

Marwan who killed Ali.


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Click for the answerDescribe the plot Ibn Muljim

and other Kharijis agreed upon.a. The Khariji Ibn Muljim along with

two other Khariji met in Mecca.b. The three worked out a plan to

kill Imam Ali (a.s.), Mu'awiya, and Ibn Aas.

c. a, b, + To be done the same day.

d. a, b, c, + Ibn Muljim was to kill Mu'awiya.


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How was Imam Ali killed?a. Ali was in Salat of Subh.b. Ali was in Salat of Asr.c. Ibn Muljim waited till Ali was

absorbed in the Salat then jumped with poisoned sword raised and instantly hit Imam Ali's head.

d. a, c, + He cracked the skull of the Imam and the wound was fatally deep.


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What date was Ali killed?a. It was the l7th of Ramadhan, and

Ali was 65 years old.b. It was the 2lst of Ramadhan, and

Ali was 63 years old.c. It was the 1st of Ramadhan, and

Ali was 60 years old.d. It was the 1st of Muharram, and

Ali was 63 years old.


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Click for the answerWhat were the first words Ali

said when he was hit by Ibn Muljim's sword?a. ”I have triumphed by the Lord

of the Ka'ba!” Then Ali (a.s.) felt faint, put some dust on the wound and said, “From dust to dust.”

b. There is no deity except Allah, and Muhammad is Rasool Allah.

c. Inna Lillaah wa Inna Ilaihi Raji'oond. Get hold of the murderer.


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Which Ayahs was Imam Ali quoting before he died?a. ”He with the slightest act of

goodness will so be rewarded and he with the slightest act of evil will so be penalized.”

b. Surah Ikhlaas.c. Surah Fatiha.d. Surah Kafiroon.


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Where was Ali buried?

a. Baghdad.b. Najaf.c. Karbala.d. Medina.


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Whom did Ali name as the designate Imam after?

a. Imam Husain.b. Imam Al-Hasan.c. Muhammad Ibn Al-Hanafia.d. Ibn Abbas.


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What is Nahjul Balaaghah?a. Book of Nahjul Balaaghah (The

Course of Enlightenment) consists of sermons of Ali.

b. a, + Letters, and sayings of Ali.c. a, b, + Discourses of deep

analysis of the society and religion.

d. a, b, + Discourses of Hadith and the Quran.


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What does Nahjul Balaaghah consist of?a. 245 sermons (Khutba).b. a, + 78 letters, and 208

sayings.c. a, + 12 letters, and 208

sayings.d. a, + 78 letters, and 20 sayings.


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Click for the answerMention 2 important points

about Ali's character and personality.a. Imam Ali's self was completely

molded by the Islamic ideals during his childhood, adolescence, or adult life.

b. a, + Ali's valor, courage, and unsurpassed knowledge of Islam was unparalleled.

c. a, + Ali's unsurpassed knowledge of Islam was not used effectively.

d. a, + Ali's valor, took precedence over the work for Islam.


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about Ali's character and personality.a. Ali's personality was overpowering, and

he was an overachiever, qualities people happily recognized.

b. Ali's brilliance and farsightedness were striking.

c. b, + Ali's personality was overpowering, and he was an overachiever, qualities the Prophet (pbuh) recognized.

d. a, b, + Ali was very strict Islamicly.


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Mention 2 important points about Ali.a. Ali was somewhat successful in teaching

and informing others about Islam.b. Ali accomplished his goal methodically,

he influenced a multitude of people to become Islamic scholars.

c. b, + Ali was remarkable in teaching and informing others about Islam.

d. a, + Ali was adamant about his own point of view.


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Mention 2 important points about Ali.a. Ali was an idealist, he never deviated

from his ideals.b. a, + Ali stood in the face of deceit,

duplicity, trickery, hypocrisy, greed, and treachery, and his application of the Islamic ideals exposed the opponents and showed their mettle.

c. Ali was a politician but a realist.d. c, + Ali was a politician but visionary.


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about Ali's character and personality.a. Ali was a perfectionist almost to the

compulsive extent.b. a, + Ali stood for justice and freedom of

choice, and only the Holy Book and Sunnah of Muhammad (pbuh) were his guide.

c. Like anybody else Ali was a perfectionist.

d. c, + Like anybody else Ali worked for Islam compulsively.


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about Ali's character and personality.

a. Ali was an innovator in thinking, and an initiator of policies,

b. a, + Ali was a first rate designer and strategist.

c. a, + Ali was a first rate politician.

d. a, + Ali was the first legislator.


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Quote 2 sayings of Imam Ali about knowledge.a. The chief aim of knowledge is

virtue.b. a, + The sum of excellence is

knowledge.c. The learned man will continue to

live though he is physically dead.d. c, + The wise man is the one who

puts the right thing in its right place.


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Quote a saying of Imam Ali about success.a. Humility is the outcome of

knowledge.b. To be successful, obey

knowledge and discard ignorance.

c. Who teaches a letter binds me with a fetter.

d. A wise man relies on his efforts and the fool relies on his hopes.


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Quote a saying of Imam Ali about humility.a. To flatter and to envy are not in the

nature of a Mu'min (a true believer), save, in the course of pursuit of knowledge.

b. The one who scrutinizes his own self is benefited thereby, and the one who overlooks it is lost.

c. Humility is the outcome of knowledge.d. Good etiquette is the best inheritance that

parents can leave behind for their children.


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Quote a saying of Imam Ali about upbringing.a. There is no inheritance like good

breeding.b. One who does not learn in his early

years will not lead in his later ones.c. None of you should ever feel

embarrassed when asked about something you do not know; just admit your ignorance.

d. The learned man will continue to live though he is physically dead.


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Quote a saying of Imam Ali about the orphan.a. Instruct the orphan in the manner you

educate your own child; if you punish him, punish him like you would your own child.

b. Fear of Allah is the final result of knowledge.

c. The sum of excellence is knowledge.d. Who teaches a letter binds me with a

fetter.


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Click for the answerHow old was Al-Hasan when

he was conferred the Imamah?

a. 27 years.b. 47 years.c. 37 years.d. 50 years.


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What is Imamah?a. Imamah is a Divine Commission to

Muhammad (pbuh), and from Muhammad to Ali, and from Ali to the Imam that follows him.

b. a, + Each Divinely Commissioned Imam will authorize the Imam to follow him.

c. a, b, + Also any Imam (leader) can authorize the Imam to follow him.

d. a, b, + Any Imam paid by the State can authorize the Imam to follow him.


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As a child, mention 3 points that Imam Al-Hasan remembered as he reviewed his life.a. How he played with the Prophet (pbuh)

when he was a child.b. How he went to the main mosque in

the Prophet's company.c. a, b, + The kisses and hugs the

Prophet (pbuh) gave him.d. a, b, c, + The beating he got from the

Prophet (pbuh) when he misbehaved.


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As a child, mention 3 points that Imam Al-Hasan remembered as he reviewed his life.a. He remembered his mother Fatima (a.s.) and

how very sad she was after his grandfather Muhammad (pbuh) had died.

b. He remembered how sick and weak his mother was until she died.

c. a, b, + He vividly remembered how his mother was buried at night, so that neither the Khalifa nor any of his administration would pray on her, as she had so wished.

d. a, b, + He remembered his mother Fatima recovered from her sickness to carry on her fight against the administration.


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As a child, mention 3 points that Imam Al-Hasan remembered as he reviewed his life.a. He vividly remembered when the Prophet (pbuh)

put him under the mantle, along with his parents and Al-Husain, saying they constituted Ahlul Bayt, the honor of honors.

b. He remembered the Mubaahala when the Prophet (pbuh) took him to represent his own son.

c. a, b, + He remembered how very often he studied at his father's (a.s.) hands to learn about Islam, in its wealth, and how those studies opened his mind.

d. He vividly remembered when the Prophet (pbuh) put him under the mantle to warm him up.


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Click for the answerMention 3 points that Imam

Al-Hasan remembered as he reviewed his life.a. He remembered his adolescence, marriage,

then his participation in the North African war to pave the way for Islam to penetrate deep in Africa.

b. a, + He remembered the emotional upheavals and anger of people during the last years of Uthman.

c. a, b, + He remembered the last few years when his father Imam Ali was fighting against the overwhelming odds.

d. a, b, + He remembered the booty after the North African war.


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Click for the answerMention 2 points that Imam

Al-Hasan remembered as he reviewed his life.a. He remembered the encounters with the

renouncers near Basrah, then with the malicious at Siffin, then with the deviators at Nahrawan.

b. a, + He remembered the speeches he gave in Kufa before Ali arrived from Medina.

c. a, + He remembered the speeches he gave in Kufa after Ali arrived from Medina.

d. a, + He remembered the attacks he made to conquer Kufa.


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Click for the answerWhat did Imam Al-Hasan do

during the first few months of his Imamah?a. Al-Hasan came to the conclusion

that coming to terms with Mu'awiya would lead to ending the blood shed.

b. Al-Hasan attacked the forces of Mu'awiya in Syria.

c. Al-Hasan attacked the forces of Mu'awiya by surprise in Iraq.

d. Al-Hasan routed Mu'awiya in Yemen.


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Click for the answerDescribe 2 points about the

peace agreement between Imam Al-Hasan and Mu'awiya.a. That Mu'awiya shall deal with people

according to the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet.

b. a, + That Mu'awiya shall not appoint anyone as his successor.

c. a, + That Mu'awiya shall appoint Yazid as his successor.

d. a, + That Mu'awiya shall appoint Ibn Aas as his successor.


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Click for the answerDescribe 2 points about the

peace agreement between Imam Al-Hasan and Mu'awiya.a. That the people of Syria, Iraq, Hijaz and

Yemen and other lands shall enjoy amnesty against persecution.

b. a, + That friends and companions of Ali and all their women and children shall be protected against all fear and shall be allowed to live in peace.

c. a, + That persecution of the jailed opponents of Mu'awiya be stopped.

d. a, + That the jailed opponents of Mu'awiya be freed.


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How many points of the agreement between Al-Hasan and Mu'awiya did Mu'awiya honor?

a. One out of seven.b. three out of seven.c. Five out of seven.d. six out of seven.


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Click for the answerWhat did Mu'awiya declare to

Kufa people about the treaty between him and Al-Hasan?a. Mu'awiya declared unabashedly by

saying, “I have not waged war to establish Salat, Saum, or to enforce Zakat. My object was to have power over you (subjugate you) and become your Ruler....... And as for the terms which I have made with Al-Hasan, behold I am free to either observe them or to break them at my will.”

b. a, + Mu'awiya declared amnesty to all.c. a, + Mu'awiya increased taxes to

compensate for the expenses of war.


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Click for the answerWhere did Imam Al-Hasan go

after signing the peace treaty with Mu'awiya?

a. Stayed in Kufa.b. Went to Medina.c. Went to Damascus in Syria.d. Went to Egypt.


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Click for the answerWhat did Al-Hasan and Al-

Husain do after leaving Kufa for Medina?a. Al-Hasan and Al-Husain held discourses

for Islamic discussions as their father had done 15-20 years back.

b. Many people attended, solo or in groups, to learn and discuss.

c. a, b, + The discourses were such that people from Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, and other places traveled to Medina, to learn.

d. a, b, + The discourses were held once a week, were very popular.


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Click for the answerDescribe what Imam Al-Hasan

did with the money he received from Mu'awiya.a. Lived lavishly, since it was generous.b. Distributed it to all orphans in Medina.c. Distributed it to the needy and

especially to the families that lost one or more members in the recent wars.

d. b, + And to those who opposed Mu'awiya for an uprising.


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Why did Mu'awiya dictate and implement cursing Imam Ali on the Minbar all over the nation?a. Mu'awiya wanted to ruin Imam Ali's

reputation.b. a, + Ali had killed Mu'awiya's

brother, uncle, and grandfather in Badr Battle.

c. a, b, + Mu'awiya wanted his tarnished reputation at the expense of defamation of Ali.

d. a, b, + Mu'awiya did it out of silliness.


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Click for the answerGive two points about

Mu'awiya's campaign to curse Ali on the pulpits.a. Mu'awiya's vicious campaign continued all

during his life and afterwards.b. a, + Mu'awiya cursed Ali despite the fact that

Muhammad (pbuh) said about Ali, “O' People, whosoever I am his Wali [leader], so is Ali to be his Wali [leader]; O' Lord, uphold him who upholds Ali, and antagonize him who antagonizes Ali and support him who supports Ali, and impede him who impedes Ali, and let the truth be with Ali wherever he goes.”

c. a, + Mu'awiya enjoyed cursing people of Benu Hashim.


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What did the Quran and Hadith say about Ali?a. “Verily, Allah has decreed to purify you, O'

Ahlul Bayt, and sanctify you in a perfect way”b. “Verily the similitude of Ahlul Bayt is like that

of Noah's ark, the one who goes aboard of it will have saved himself, and the one who forsakes it will have drowned [perished].”

c. “Ali, you are to me as Haroon was to Musa, but there is no Prophet to follow me.”

d. “O' Ali, Beware for you will be cursed by the worst people on earth.”


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Click for the answerWho forced people that

Imam Ali be cursed on the Minbar?

a. Yazid.b. Mu'awiya.c. Abu Sufyan, the father of

Mu'awiya.d. Abu Lahab.


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Click for the answerDescribe the collaborators of

Mu'awiya after the peace treaty with Al-Hasan.a. During his reign Mu'awiya gathered a

very large number of collaborators.b. In the thousands, the collaborators were

ones with greed for money and/or power.

c. a, b, + Mu'awiya's collaborators supported his line of thinking, were materialistic like him, and prisoners to their desires.

d. a, b, + Mu'awiya's collaborators were very religious men.


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Describe 2 aspects of the government under Mu'awiya after the peace treaty with Al-Hasan.a. Mu'awiya paid his collaborators well, even for

a poem in his praise, or a Hadith in his support.

b. a, + Mu'awiya appointed his collaborators in sensitive positions to rule the silent majority according to his policies.

c. a, b, + Mu'awiya revived pre-Islamic era, as superiority of the Arabs over other Muslim nationalities.

d. a, b, c, + Mu'awiya preferred only the practices of the pre-Islamic era.


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Click for the answerWho were the privileged

classes under Mu'awiya’s rule?a. Benu Umayya as first class.b. Then the Arabs of Syria, then Arabs

of Hijaz, then Arabs of Iraq in that order.

c. Then it was for the silent Muslim majority.

d. a, b, c, + Then non-Arab Muslim majority.


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Click for the answerHow was the public

treasury used by Mu'awiya?a. Used it as they pleased as if the tax

money belonged personally to them.b. a, + As they pleased for the welfare

of the poor and disadvantaged.c. To run the State.d. a, c, + Depending on the needs of

the occasion.


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What is meant by Caesar-like monarchy?a. Mu'awiya imposed a rulership

by inheritance.b. a, + Though monarchy was

completely un-Islamic.c. a, + Monarchy was acceptable

to Islam.d. a, + was the preferred way to

all Muslims.


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