Practice Hadith MCQs for ETEA Secondary School Teacher (SST) Islamic Studies — topic-wise sets with solved answers.
Q1. Who compiled the first known work of Hadith, the "Sahifah al-Sadiqah"?
Answer: Abdullah ibn Amr (RA)
Explanation: The Sahifah al-Sadiqah was compiled by Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As (RA), who was authorized by the Prophet (SAW) to write down Hadiths; it is considered the earliest written collection of Prophetic traditions.
Q2. The compilation of Ahadith is called
Answer: Tadwin
Explanation: Tadwin is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q3. If the narrators' chain reaches the Prophet (PBUH), what is the narration called?
Answer: Marfu'
Explanation: Marfu' is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q4. Which is the most authentic book on Hadith literature?
Answer: Sahih al-Bukhari
Explanation: Sahih al-Bukhari, compiled by Imam Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari (d. 870 CE), is universally regarded as the most authentic book of Hadith; Bukhari reportedly verified over 600,000 hadiths and retained only about 7,275.
Q5. What is a Hadith that is less than authentic, although not false or a fabrication, called?
Answer: Da'if Hadith
Explanation: A Da'if (weak) Hadith has a deficiency in its chain of narrators or text but is not a fabrication; it falls below the standard of Sahih (authentic) and Hasan (good).
Q6. The relationship between Imam Bukhari and Imam Hanbal was:
Answer: Student - teacher
Explanation: Student - teacher is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q7. An "Arba'een" is a book of Hadith containing:
Answer: 40 Ahadith
Explanation: An "Arba'een" (from Arabic for forty) is a specialized Hadith collection containing exactly 40 ahadith; the most famous is Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith.
Q8. Who was the first to collect and compile ahadith at Basra?
Answer: Imam Hasan al-Basri
Explanation: Imam Hasan al-Basri is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q9. Who was the first person to issue a regular order to formally collect and write down Ahadith?
Answer: Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
Explanation: Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (Caliph 99-101 AH) issued the first formal state directive to collect and officially record Ahadith, commissioning scholars like Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri to undertake this task.
Q10. A "Musannaf" is a type of Hadith collection that is arranged according to:
Answer: Juristic topics (Fiqh)
Explanation: A "Musannaf" (classified collection) arranges Ahadith according to juristic (fiqh) topics such as purification, prayer, fasting, and transactions, as opposed to a Musnad which arranges by the name of the Sahabi narrator.
Q11. Which method is used to prove the correctness of the sanad of a hadith?
Answer: Asma-ur-Rijal
Explanation: 'Ilm al-Asma' al-Rijal (science of narrator-criticism) is the specialized discipline used to evaluate the reliability, memory, and character of each narrator in a hadith's chain (sanad) to verify its authenticity.
Q12. What is the first compiled book of Hadith, arranged by juristic topics?
Answer: Muwatta of Imam Malik
Explanation: Muwatta of Imam Malik is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q13. Who is the author of the famous Islamic jurisprudence book "Al-Muwatta"?
Answer: Imam Malik ibn Anas
Explanation: Al-Muwatta (The Well-Trodden Path) was compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas (d. 179 AH), the founder of the Maliki school of jurisprudence, and is considered one of the earliest and most authoritative Hadith collections.
Q14. Takhrij in Hadith studies is the process of:
Answer: Finding the original sources of a hadith
Explanation: Takhrij al-Hadith is the scholarly process of tracing a hadith back to its original primary sources (such as Bukhari, Muslim, etc.), identifying all chains of transmission, and assessing their authenticity.
Q15. How many periods are referred to for the collection of ahadith?
Answer: 3
Explanation: Pakistani Islamic studies textbooks typically divide the collection and compilation of Hadith into three main historical periods: the era of the Companions, the Tabi'un, and the era of formal compilation (2nd-3rd century AH).
Q16. The book "Muwatta" was written by whom?
Answer: Imam Malik (R.A.)
Explanation: Imam Malik (R.A.) is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q17. A "Hadith Mashhur" is a tradition narrated by at least how many narrators at each stage of the chain?
Answer: 3
Explanation: A Hadith Mashhur (well-known/famous hadith) is one narrated by at least three Companions, with at least three narrators at each subsequent level of the chain of transmission.
Q18. Which method is used to prove the correctness of the matn of a hadith?
Answer: Dirayah
Explanation: Dirayah is correct based on Quranic teaching, Hadith, or Islamic history. Memorize this point for Islamiat sections in LAT, USAT, and public service exams.
Q19. What relation existed between Imam Bukhari and Imam Hanbal?
Answer: Student, Teacher
Explanation: Imam Bukhari (194-256 AH) studied under Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (164-241 AH), making Imam Ahmad the teacher and Imam Bukhari the student in the chain of hadith scholarship.
Q20. A method of Hadith collection where all narrations from a single companion are gathered under his name is called a:
Answer: Musnad
Explanation: A Musnad is a collection of hadiths arranged by Companion, gathering all narrations from each Sahabi under their name; the most famous example is the Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal.
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