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Download PDFChoose any two of the following Hadiths. (i) المُؤْمِنُونَ كَرَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، إِنِ اشْتَكَى عَيْنُهُ اشْتَكَى كُلُّهُ، وَإِنِ اشْتَكَى رَأْسُهُ اشْتَكَى كُلُّهُ. The believers are like a single man; if his eye is affected, he is affected; and if his head is affected, he is all affected. (ii) أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) فَقَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا صَلَّيْتُ المَكْتُوبَاتِ، وَصُمْتُ رَمَضَانَ، وَأَحْلَلْتُ الحَلَالَ، وَحَرَّمْتُ الحَرَامَ، وَلَمْ أَزِدْ عَلَى ذلِكَ شَيْئًا، أَأَدْخُلُ الجَنَّةَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. A man asked the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and give him peace): Do you think if I perform the obligatory prayers, fast in Ramadan, treat as lawful that which is lawful and treat as forbidden that which is forbidden, and do nothing further, I shall enter Paradise? He said, Yes. (iii) مَا أَكَلَ أَحَدٌ طَعَامًا قَطُّ خَيْرًا مِّنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدِهِ. No one eats better food than that which he eats out of the work of his hand. (iv) لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ. None of you believes until he wants for his brother what he wants for himself.
Describe their teachings about what Muslims believe.
Explain how Muslims can put these teachings into action.
Write about the importance of knowing the Hadiths of the Prophet (pbuh) and of following his sunna for Muslims.
How do Muslims benefit from following the Hadiths?
Write an account of ʿUthman’s selection as caliph and how he governed the caliphate.
To what extent was ʿUthman a successful military commander? Give reasons to support your answer.
Write about the compilation and standardisation of the Qur’an, first under Abu Bakr and then under ʿUthman.
In your opinion, what were the benefits of a written Qur’an to Muslims in the time of the two compilations and today.
Give a detailed account of the method and importance of ablution (wudu) before prayer.
What in your opinion are the benefits of dry ablution (tayammum)?