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Question Paper on Lesson 43

Question Paper on Lesson 43

 Question 1:       [20 points]

True or False:

(a)    The imamate of Ja‘far as-Sādiq (a.s.) was for thirty four years.

(b)   The holy Imam’s imamate began in 141 A.H.

(c)    Abu Hanifa studied under Imam Ja‘far as-Sādiq for two years.

(d)   ‘Umar bin ‘Abdu ’l-‘Aziz, the most just of the Umayyads ruled during the imamate of the sixth Imam.

(e)    Mufazzal used four thousand dirhams to resolve the dispute between two Shi‘as.

(f)     Marwān al-Himār, the last Umayyad ruler, arrested the sixth Imam and brought him to Damascus.

(g)    Abu Hanifa said, “If it had not been for those two years Nu‘mān would have perished.”

(h)    “Ja‘fari” is the name for the Shi‘a school of Islamic laws.

(i)      The ‘Abbāsid rulers, being cousins of the Prophet’s family, were kind and courteous towards them.

(j)     The Umayyads were overthrown in the name of the Ahlu ’l-Bayt and the massacre of Karbala.

Question 2:       [20 points]

Explain why you think that the ‘Abbasid rulers, even though they came to power in the name of the Ahlu ’l-Bayt, were always suspicious of the prominent figures of the Prophet’s family.

Question 3:       [10 points]

Write your own impressions about the answer which Imam Ja‘far as-Sādiq (a.s.) wrote to MansÅ«r explaining why he does not visit the king.

  Notes:

[45] Nu‘mān was the first name of Imam Abu Hanifa.

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