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