Episode 123 Quiz
Welcome to the quiz for Episode 123: An Introduction to the Hadiths. See what you remember about the expansive world of the hadiths, and how they came to be, by clicking “START” below!
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Muhammad’s widow __________ preserved many traditions about the Prophet.
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The six most popular Sunni hadith collections today were mostly written:
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Shia hadith scholars, unlike their Sunni counterparts, also see key descendants of ________ as having the gift of prophetic revelation.
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A topically organized hadith book is called:
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The word “ulama” means:
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By the 800s CE, roughly how many hadiths were in circulation?
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Which of the following do Sunni lawmakers NOT rely on when legislating Islamic societies?
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Some hadiths survive suggesting Muhammad may have been iffy about having what he said recorded in writing. In one hadith, he proclaims that sometimes he’s just offering his opinion as a person, and that’s one reason we explored for him perhaps not wanting everything he said recorded. What was another reason?
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How many manuscripts of hadiths survive from the 600s?
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“As-sunna” (as in “Sunnism”) means:
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A collection of hadiths organized by chains of transmitters is called a(n):
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The two most revered Sunni hadith compilations were written by:
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What is an isnad?
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Were the most revered Shia hadith compilations written BEFORE or AFTER the most revered Sunni hadith compilations?
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The largest sect of Shiism today holds that a number of Imams descended from Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law, each of them with the power of prophetic revelation. How many Imams does this sect believe existed?
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