Teachers' Professional License – Subject Test: Islamic Education (2): free practice test

Past exam question Unit: Qur'an and Tafsir

1. AAl-Hadid

   Al-Hadid opens with «سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ» but ends with «وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ».

2. BAs-Saff

   As-Saff opens with «سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ» but ends with «فَأَصْبَحُوا ظَاهِرِينَ».

3. CAl-Jumu'ah

   Al-Jumu'ah opens with «يُسَبِّحُ لِلَّهِ» but ends with «وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ».

4. DAl-Hashr ✓ Correct answer

   Al-Hashr opens with «سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ» and ends with «يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ».

Reference: ETEC Islamic Education Teacher Standards – Level 2 (2020), Standard 6.1.1, indicator 1, p. 8; Qur'an 59:1, 59:24; 57:1, 57:29; 61:1, 61:14; 62:1, 62:11

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Past exam question Unit: Qur'an and Tafsir

1. AThe era of the Successors

   The Successors took tafsir from the Companions and expanded it, but its origin came before their era.

2. BThe era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs

   The Companions in the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs received tafsir from the Prophet ﷺ and exercised ijtihad in it, but its origin was earlier.

3. CThe era of compilation

   The era of compilation came later, when tafsir was gathered in books after being transmitted orally.

4. DThe era of the Prophet ﷺ ✓ Correct answer

   Tafsir began in the era of the Prophet ﷺ, who explained to his Companions what they found unclear in the Qur'an.

Reference: ETEC Islamic Education Teacher Standards – Level 2 (2020), Standard 6.1.2, indicator 2, p. 8; Manna' al-Qattan, Mabahith fi 'Ulum al-Qur'an (origin of tafsir)

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Past exam question Unit: Hadith and its Sciences

1. AThe weakness of some hadiths describing it

   Incorrect. Both reports are established in the Sahih collections, so neither is weak.

2. BThe narrators' errors in describing what they saw

   Incorrect. The difference does not mean the narrators erred; they were reliable and precise.

3. CThe state of his ﷺ hair changing from one time to another ✓ Correct answer

   Correct. His ﷺ hair grew longer or shorter depending on when he trimmed it or let it grow, and each narrator described what he saw at his time.

4. DThe Companions' differing estimates of lengths

   Incorrect. The descriptions relate to different states of the hair, not to the Companions' estimates.

Reference: ETEC Islamic Education Teacher Standards – Level 2 (2020), Standard 6.1.3, indicator 7, p. 8; Prophetic characteristics (Shama'il): description of his ﷺ hair; "to the middle of his ears" narrated by Muslim, "between his ears and his shoulders" agreed upon

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Past exam question Unit: Creed and Sects

1. Athe six pillars of faith

   The verse mentions none of the angels, the books, the messengers, the Last Day or the decree.

2. Bthe five pillars of Islam

   The verse mentions none of the two testimonies, prayer, zakat, fasting or Hajj.

3. Cthe three categories of tawhid ✓ Correct answer

   «Lord of the heavens and the earth» is Lordship, «so worship Him» is worship, and «Do you know of any similar to Him» is Names and Attributes.

4. Dthe three levels of the religion

   The levels of the religion (Islam, Iman and Ihsan) do not appear in this verse.

Reference: ETEC Islamic Education Teacher Standards – Level 2 (2020), Standard 6.1.4, indicator 2, p. 9; Qur'an 19:65

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Past exam question Unit: Fiqh of Worship

1. AThe third and fourth

   The third and fourth years reached or exceeded the nisab, so zakat is due in them.

2. BThe first only

   The first alone is not enough: the second year's yield (4 awsuq) is also below the nisab.

3. CThe first and second ✓ Correct answer

   The nisab of crops is five awsuq, so the years yielding 3 and 4 are below it and carry no zakat.

4. DThe second and third

   The third year (5 awsuq) reached the nisab, so zakat is due and it is not a year of exemption.

Reference: ETEC Islamic Education Teacher Standards – Level 2 (2020), Standard 6.1.7, indicator 2, p. 10; Hadith «No charity is due on less than five awsuq»: agreed upon; «al-Rawd al-Murbi'», Book of Zakat, chapter on produce of the earth

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Past exam question Unit: Fiqh of Transactions, Family and Criminal Law

1. Aone half

   A half is for a lone paternal sister when there is no child or father; here there are sons.

2. Bone sixth

   A sixth completes the two thirds alongside one full sister only, which does not apply here.

3. Cone third

   A third is not one of the fixed shares of a paternal half-sister at all, and the sons here exclude her.

4. Dnothing ✓ Correct answer

   She inherits nothing, since male descendants exclude all brothers and sisters.

Reference: ETEC Islamic Education Teacher Standards – Level 2 (2020), Standard 6.1.9, indicator 8, p. 11; 'Give the fixed shares to their owners; what remains goes to the nearest male relative', agreed upon (al-Bukhari, Muslim); al-Rawd al-Murbi', Book of Inheritance (Faraid)

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Past exam question Unit: Fiqh of Transactions, Family and Criminal Law

1. ADhabh, nahr and stunning

   Incorrect: stunning is not a type of slaughter; slaughter is by a specific cut that ends life.

2. BDhabh, 'aqr and strangling

   Incorrect: strangling makes the animal a strangled one, which the verse lists among the forbidden.

3. CDhabh, nahr and 'aqr ✓ Correct answer

   Correct: dhabh cuts the windpipe and gullet, nahr stabs the base of the neck, and 'aqr wounds an animal that cannot be caught anywhere on its body.

4. DNahr, 'aqr and shooting

   Incorrect: shooting is a means by which 'aqr is done, not a separate type, and this list leaves out dhabh.

Reference: ETEC Islamic Education Teacher Standards – Level 2 (2020), Standard 6.1.10, indicator 2, p. 11; Qur'an 5:3; al-Rawd al-Murbi', Book of Foods, chapter on slaughter

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Past exam question Unit: Usul al-Fiqh and Legal Maxims

1. AValidity (sihha) ✓ Correct answer

   Validity is a declaratory ruling, together with cause, condition, impediment and invalidity.

2. BDisliked (makruh)

   One of the five rulings of obligation (taklifiyya).

3. CRecommended (mandub)

   One of the five rulings of obligation (taklifiyya).

4. DPermissible (mubah)

   One of the five rulings of obligation (taklifiyya).

Reference: ETEC Islamic Education Teacher Standards – Level 2 (2020), Standard 6.1.12, indicator 4, p. 12; al-Shinqiti, Mudhakkira fi Usul al-Fiqh (declaratory rulings)

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Past exam question Unit: Islamic Culture and Shari'a Etiquette

1. ABalance between action and knowledge in a Muslim's life

   Incorrect: the statement does not address the relation between action and knowledge.

2. BCombining the outward and the inward in worship

   Incorrect: outward and inward concern deeds and intentions, which is not the point of the statement.

3. CGradualness in legislating and revealing rulings

   Incorrect: gradualness concerns rulings being revealed step by step, and the statement says nothing about stages of legislation.

4. DHarmony between idealism and realism ✓ Correct answer

   Correct: planting belief reflects idealism and caring for human needs reflects realism; combining them is a trait of the message.

Reference: ETEC Islamic Education Teacher Standards – Level 2 (2020), Standard 6.1.13, indicator 5, p. 13

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Past exam question Unit: Teaching Shari'a Sciences

1. ATelling a story about past nations

   He did not tell a story before the explanation; he began with a question and then answered it.

2. BWarning of punishment

   Warning appears in the content of the answer, not in how the talk opened, and the question asks about the opening technique.

3. CDrawing attention with a question ✓ Correct answer

   Correct. The opening question captured the listeners' attention and prepared them to receive the new meaning.

4. DSetting a practical example

   A practical example means the teacher doing the act himself before learners, which did not happen in this scene.

Reference: ETEC Islamic Education Teacher Standards – Level 2 (2020), Standard 6.1.17, indicator 3, p. 15; narrated by Muslim

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