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Questions

1. The sharia began in Islamic history as a codified set of laws.

a. True

b. False

2. For most premodern Muslim exegetes, the term uli al-amr ("those who possess authority among you") in Qur'an verse 4:59 ("O those who believe, obey God and the Messenger and those who possess authority among you") denotes:

(a) Military commanders during the Prophet Muhammad's lifetime.

(b) Religious scholars.

(c) Political rulers.

(d) All of the above.

3. In Qur'anic exegesis, what does the hermeneutical tool of naskh refer to?

(a) The context of how certain verses were revealed to Muhammad.

(b) The transmission of the Qur'an over centuries.

(c) The abrogation of certain Qur'anic verses by other verses.

(d) The consensus of Muslim scholars over certain issues addressed in the Qur'an.

4. Hadith refers to:

(a) A saying or action attributed to Muhammad.

(b) A verse in the Qur'an.

(c) An opinion by a Muslim jurist.

(d) A saying or action attributed to a Muslim ruler.

5. According to Asma Afsaruddin, the modernist project of revisiting the sharia calls for the prioritization of the hadith corpus as the main source of Islamic law.

a. True

b. False

6. Mawdudi writes that the "Muslim society" is an "ideological society." What does he mean by this, and how does he distinguish this "ideological society" from other societies? Explain briefly in own words.

7. What is the difference between sharia and fiqh? Explain briefly in own words.