Ibn Abbas - Quiz
  • 1. What is Ibn Abbas considered to be in relation to the Qur'an?
A) The sole translator
B) The primary scribe
C) The greatest mufassir
D) The main memorizer
  • 2. Who was Ibn Abbas's father?
A) Ali ibn Abi Talib
B) Uthman ibn Affan
C) Umar ibn al-Khattab
D) Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
  • 3. Which military campaigns did Ibn Abbas participate in during the reigns of Umar and Uthman?
A) Mecca and Medina
B) Persia and Byzantium
C) Yemen and Syria
D) Ifriqiya and Tabaristan
  • 4. Where did Ibn Abbas serve as governor under Ali?
A) Basra
B) Mecca
C) Taif
D) Damascus
  • 5. When did Ibn Abbas die?
A) 632 CE
B) 700 CE
C) 661 CE
D) Around 687 CE
  • 6. What title was given to Ibn Abbas for his vast knowledge?
A) Al-Faqih
B) Al-Hafiz
C) Al-Amir
D) Al-Bahr
  • 7. How old was Ibn Abbas when Muhammad died?
A) Seven
B) Ten
C) Thirteen
D) Twenty
  • 8. Who was Ibn Abbas's mother?
A) Aisha bint Abu Bakr
B) Maymunah bint al-Harith
C) Fatimah bint Muhammad
D) Lubaba bint al-Harith
  • 9. Where did Ibn Abbas migrate to after the death of Mu'awiya I?
A) Taif
B) Medina
C) Basra
D) Damascus
  • 10. Who did Ibn Abbas believe was the legitimate successor to Muhammad?
A) Abu Bakr
B) Ali
C) Uthman
D) Umar
  • 11. Which companion did Ibn Abbas particularly learn traditions and hadith from?
A) Mu'awiya I
B) Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
C) Fadl ibn Abbas
D) Ubayy ibn Ka'b
  • 12. What was the relationship between Ibn Abbas and Maymunah bint al-Harith?
A) Nephew and aunt
B) Father and daughter
C) Cousins
D) Brother and sister
  • 13. According to Wilferd Madelung, why did Ibn Abbas initially withhold allegiance from Abu Bakr?
A) He was living in exile
B) He was too young to pledge allegiance
C) He disliked Abu Bakr personally
D) He viewed the transition as an arbitrary deprivation of Banu Hashim's inheritance
  • 14. What did Muhammad pray for Ibn Abbas regarding the Qur'an?
A) To make him a king
B) To grant him wisdom and instruct him in exegesis
C) To make him a warrior
D) To make him the wealthiest man
  • 15. Where did Ibn Abbas establish his prominent early school of tafsir?
A) Mecca
B) Taif
C) Damascus
D) Basra
  • 16. Which Caliph integrated the young Ibn Abbas into assemblies with veterans of the Battle of Badr?
A) Umar
B) Abu Bakr
C) Ali
D) Uthman
  • 17. Which Surah did Umar use to test the understanding of the companions?
A) An-Nisa
B) Al-Baqarah
C) Al-Fatiha
D) An-Nasr
  • 18. Which city was captured before the army moved to Jurjan in 650 CE?
A) Sufetula
B) Abrashahr
C) Mecca
D) Kufa
  • 19. What was the required tribute from the peace treaty at Jurjan?
A) Five hundred thousand dirhams
B) One hundred thousand dirhams
C) Two hundred thousand dirhams
D) Fifty thousand dirhams
  • 20. What was the name of the fortified coastal city where Muslim forces faced stiff resistance?
A) Kufa
B) Tamisah
C) Tabaristan
D) Sufetula
  • 21. What role did Uthman appoint Ibn Abbas to during the siege of his residence?
A) Negotiate with the rebels
B) Lead the annual Hajj pilgrimage
C) Command the city guards
D) Deliver a message to Egypt
  • 22. Which of these companions accompanied Ibn Abbas in the Tabaristan campaign?
A) Abu Bakr
B) Hasan
C) Umar
D) Abd Allah ibn Sa'd
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