Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Short Q & A: Muslim Law 5


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Q. What are the main schools or sects of Muslim law?
Ans. There are two main schools of Muslim law: 1) Sunni school 2) Shia School.

Q. Why there are two sects of Muslim community?
Ans. After demise of the prophet raised a momentous question: on party advocated the principle of succession, while another pressed the election of the successor.

Q. Who is a Shia Muslim?
Ans. The Shias advocated that the office should go by the right of succession and thus the Imamat i.e. headship should be confined to prophet’s own family as his nominees.

Q. What are the sub-schools of Shia?
Ans. a) The Ithna – Asjiaris; b) The Ismaili; c) Zaidvs.

Q. Who is Sunni Muslim?
Ans. The Sunnis advocated the principle of election by the Jamat and chose out their Imam by means of votes. The majority of Muslims suggested that there should be election to choose successor of the prophet.

Q. Enlist the sub-schools of Sunni?
Ans. a) Hanafi; b) Maliki; c) Shafei; d) Hanbali.

Q. Which school only relies on the customs and traditions of Prophet Mohammed?
Ans. Hanafi School

Q. Which School was established by Imam Malik-bin-Anas?
Ans. Maliki School

Q. Which school rejected the importance of Qiya and re-emphasised on Sunna and Hadis?
Ans. Hanbali School

Q. The Qiya source of law originates from which school?
Ans. Shafi School

Q. People consider which source to be the primary authority of Muslim law.
Ans. Quran

Q. The scholars are responsible for creating which source.
Ans. Ijma

Q. Which source relies on precedents of Prophet Mohammed.
Ans, Sunna and Hadith

Q. Which is the least important primary source.
Ans. Qiya

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