Pillars of Islam MCQs 2026

Which direction do Muslims face while praying

1. AEast✓
2. BNorth✓
3. CTowards the Kaaba (Qiblah)✓
4. DWest✓

How many units (rakats) are obligatory in the Maghrib prayer

1. A2✓
2. B3✓
3. C4✓
4. D5✓

What is the Friday congregational prayer called

1. ASalat-ul-Fajr✓
2. BSalat-ul-Jumu'ah✓
3. CSalat-ul-Eid✓
4. DSalat-ul-Witr✓

What is the meal eaten to break the fast at sunset called

1. ASuhoor✓
2. BIftar✓
3. CSehri✓
4. DQiyam✓

What special voluntary prayers are offered during the nights of Ramadan

1. ATahajjud✓
2. BTarawih✓
3. CWitr only✓
4. DIshraq✓

What is the special ritual clothing worn by pilgrims during Hajj called

1. ARidaa✓
2. BIhram✓
3. CKiswah✓
4. DSadl✓

The ritual of walking seven times around the Kaaba is called

1. ASa'i✓
2. BTawaf✓
3. CRami✓
4. DWuquf✓

What is the term for the compensation given for missing or being unable to fast during Ramadan due to permanent illness

1. AFidyah✓
2. BKaffarah✓
3. CNazr✓
4. DDiyah✓

What is the expiation for deliberately breaking a fast during Ramadan without valid excuse called

1. AFidyah✓
2. BKaffarah✓
3. CZakat✓
4. DSadaqah✓

How many units (rakats) are obligatory in the Fajr prayer

1. A2✓
2. B3✓
3. C4✓
4. D5✓

What is the pre-dawn meal eaten before beginning the fast called

1. AIftar✓
2. BSuhoor✓
3. CTarawih✓
4. DWitr✓

The ritual of walking or running between the hills of Safa and Marwah is called

1. ATawaf✓
2. BSa'i✓
3. CWuquf✓
4. DRami✓

Standing at Mount Arafat, a key pillar of Hajj, is called

1. ATawaf✓
2. BSa'i✓
3. CWuquf✓
4. DRamy✓

Which sermon is delivered before the Friday prayer

1. AKhutbah✓
2. BAdhan✓
3. CIqamah✓
4. DTashahhud✓

What is the second call given just before the congregational prayer begins

1. AAdhan✓
2. BIqamah✓
3. CTakbir✓
4. DTasleem✓

How many units (rakats) are obligatory in the Zuhr prayer

1. A2✓
2. B3✓
3. C4✓
4. D5✓

The ritual of throwing stones at pillars representing Satan during Hajj is called

1. ARami al-Jamarat✓
2. BTawaf al-Ifadah✓
3. CSa'i✓
4. DHalq✓

In which Islamic month does the Hajj pilgrimage take place

1. ARamadan✓
2. BShawwal✓
3. CDhul Hijjah✓
4. DMuharram✓

What is the complete declaration of faith (Kalima) known as

1. AKalima Tayyibah✓
2. BKalima Shahadah✓
3. CKalima Tamjeed✓
4. DKalima Tauheed✓

What is the standard rate of Zakat on savings and cash wealth

1. A1%✓
2. B2.5%✓
3. C5%✓
4. D10%✓

In which Islamic month is fasting (Sawm) obligatory

1. AMuharram✓
2. BRajab✓
3. CRamadan✓
4. DShawwal✓

How many times a day is Salah (prayer) obligatory on a Muslim

1. AThree✓
2. BFour✓
3. CFive✓
4. DSeven✓

The pilgrimage to Makkah (Hajj) is obligatory on a Muslim under what condition

1. AOnce in a lifetime, if financially and physically able✓
2. BEvery year✓
3. COnce every five years✓
4. DOnly for scholars✓

What is the minimum threshold of wealth called, above which Zakat becomes obligatory

1. ANisab✓
2. BSadaqah✓
3. CFidyah✓
4. DKaffarah✓

What is the Arabic term for the call to prayer

1. AIqamah✓
2. BAdhan✓
3. CKhutbah✓
4. DTakbir✓

What are the categories of people eligible to receive Zakat, as mentioned in the Quran

1. AOnly the poor✓
2. BEight specific categories mentioned in Surah At-Tawbah✓
3. COnly orphans✓
4. DOnly travelers✓

What is the term for charity given voluntarily, beyond obligatory Zakat

1. ASadaqah✓
2. BFidyah✓
3. CKaffarah✓
4. DKhums✓

How many pillars of Islam are there

1. AThree✓
2. BFour✓
3. CFive✓
4. DSix✓

Which pillar of Islam is the declaration of faith

1. AShahadah✓
2. BSalah✓
3. CZakat✓
4. DSawm✓

What special charity is given before the Eid-ul-Fitr prayer

1. AZakat-ul-Mal✓
2. BSadaqah-tul-Fitr✓
3. CQurbani✓
4. DKaffarah✓

How many units (rakats) are obligatory in the Asr prayer

1. A2✓
2. B3✓
3. C4✓
4. D5✓

Are pregnant or nursing women permitted a concession regarding Ramadan fasting if it endangers health

1. ANo concession at all✓
2. BYes, with an obligation to make up the fast or pay Fidyah, per scholarly opinion✓
3. COnly exempted permanently✓
4. DMust fast regardless✓

What term describes seeking spiritual retreat in the mosque, particularly during the last ten days of Ramadan

1. ATarawih✓
2. BItikaf✓
3. CTahajjud✓
4. DSadaqah✓

How many times must the pilgrim perform Tawaf during the core rites of Hajj

1. AOnce, Tawaf-ul-Ifadah, as the essential Tawaf✓
2. BTwice only✓
3. CThree times✓
4. DFour times✓

What kind of intention (Niyyah) is required before starting fasting during Ramadan

1. AOnly a verbal declaration is sufficient✓
2. BA sincere intention in the heart is sufficient✓
3. CA written declaration is required✓
4. DNo intention is needed✓

What breaks a fast during Ramadan

1. AEating, drinking, and intimate relations during fasting hours✓
2. BForgetful eating✓
3. CBathing✓
4. DApplying oil to skin✓

Are travelers permitted a concession regarding fasting during Ramadan

1. ANo exemption at all✓
2. BYes, they may postpone fasting and make it up later✓
3. COnly elderly travelers are exempt✓
4. DOnly if traveling more than 100 km✓

What is the farewell circumambulation performed before leaving Makkah after Hajj called

1. ATawaf-ul-Qudum✓
2. BTawaf-ul-Ifadah✓
3. CTawaf-ul-Wida✓
4. DTawaf-un-Nafl✓

Is Zakat due on personal-use items such as one's home and car

1. ANo, personal-use items are excluded✓
2. BYes, always✓
3. COnly the car✓
4. DOnly the home✓

What is the recommended time to pay Sadaqah-tul-Fitr

1. ABefore Eid-ul-Fitr prayer✓
2. BAfter Eid-ul-Fitr prayer✓
3. CDuring Ramadan's last ten nights only✓
4. DAny time of year✓

What is the initial arrival circumambulation performed upon reaching Makkah for Hajj called

1. ATawaf-ul-Qudum✓
2. BTawaf-ul-Ifadah✓
3. CTawaf-ul-Wida✓
4. DTawaf-un-Nafl✓

What is the voluntary prayer performed shortly after sunrise called

1. ATahajjud✓
2. BWitr✓
3. CIshraq✓
4. DTarawih✓

What is the voluntary night prayer, performed after waking from sleep, called

1. ATarawih✓
2. BTahajjud✓
3. CWitr✓
4. DIshraq✓

What is the odd-numbered prayer usually performed after Isha or at the end of Tahajjud called

1. ATahajjud✓
2. BWitr✓
3. CIshraq✓
4. DDuha✓

Missing a prayer accidentally or due to sleep should be made up how

1. ANot made up at all✓
2. BMade up (Qada) as soon as remembered✓
3. CReplaced with charity only✓
4. DReplaced with fasting✓

What is the declaration of faith recited while sitting during prayer called

1. ATakbir✓
2. BTashahhud✓
3. CTasleem✓
4. DQunut✓

What is the concluding salutation that ends the prayer called

1. ATakbir✓
2. BTashahhud✓
3. CTasleem✓
4. DIqamah✓

The sitting position during Salah, particularly for reciting Tashahhud, is called

1. ARuku✓
2. BSujood✓
3. CQiyam✓
4. DQa'dah✓

What is the specific prayer performed for the deceased, without bowing or prostration, called

1. ASalat-ul-Janazah✓
2. BSalat-ul-Eid✓
3. CSalat-ul-Istikhara✓
4. DSalat-ul-Tarawih✓

What is the special prayer performed for seeking Allah's guidance in decision-making called

1. ASalat-ul-Hajat✓
2. BSalat-ul-Istikhara✓
3. CSalat-ul-Tahajjud✓
4. DSalat-ul-Ishraq✓

What is Zakat calculated on, among the following types of wealth

1. AGold and silver only✓
2. BCash, gold, silver, business goods, and livestock meeting Nisab✓
3. COnly agricultural produce✓
4. DOnly livestock✓

The bowing position performed in Salah is called

1. ARuku✓
2. BSujood✓
3. CQiyam✓
4. DTashahhud✓

What invalidates a person's Wudu

1. ASleeping deeply, using the toilet, passing gas✓
2. BTalking✓
3. CStanding up✓
4. DLooking around✓

What is the term for the state of ritual purity required for prayer and touching the Quran

1. ATaharah✓
2. BNajasah✓
3. CIstihadha✓
4. DHadath✓

The prostration performed in Salah is called

1. ARuku✓
2. BSujood✓
3. CQiyam✓
4. DQa'dah✓

What percentage of Zakat is due on agricultural produce irrigated naturally by rain

1. A2.5%✓
2. B5%✓
3. C10%✓
4. D20%✓

What is the term for the ritual purification performed with water before prayer

1. ATayammum✓
2. BWudu✓
3. CGhusl✓
4. DIstinja✓

What is the term for the ritual purification performed with clean sand or earth when water is unavailable

1. AWudu✓
2. BGhusl✓
3. CTayammum✓
4. DIstinja✓

What is the term for the full-body ritual bath required after major impurity

1. AWudu✓
2. BGhusl✓
3. CTayammum✓
4. DIstinja✓

How many obligatory actions (Faraidh) are there in Wudu, according to most schools

1. A2✓
2. B4✓
3. C6✓
4. D8✓

The standing position in Salah is called

1. ARuku✓
2. BSujood✓
3. CQiyam✓
4. DQa'dah✓

What percentage of Zakat is due on agricultural produce that is artificially irrigated

1. A2.5%✓
2. B5%✓
3. C10%✓
4. D20%✓

What is Zakat specifically levied on buried treasure or minerals discovered called

1. AUshr✓
2. BKhums✓
3. CNisab✓
4. DZakat-ul-Fitr✓

How many units (rakats) are obligatory in the Isha prayer

1. A2✓
2. B3✓
3. C4✓
4. D5✓

Who is generally exempt from paying Zakat due to insufficient wealth

1. ASomeone below the Nisab threshold✓
2. BSomeone who is wealthy✓
3. CSomeone who owns gold✓
4. DSomeone who owns a business✓

In which year after Hijrah was the Qiblah changed from Jerusalem to the Kaaba in Makkah

1. A1st year✓
2. B2nd year✓
3. C3rd year✓
4. D5th year✓

Before the Qiblah was changed to the Kaaba, in which direction did early Muslims initially pray

1. ATowards Madinah✓
2. BTowards Jerusalem (Masjid al-Aqsa)✓
3. CTowards Damascus✓
4. DTowards Yemen✓

What Islamic term describes the natural, innate disposition toward belief in God present in every human being

1. AFitrah✓
2. BTaqwa✓
3. CIhsan✓
4. DSabr✓

Which pillar of Islam is specifically described in Hadith as "the pillar of the religion," whose abandonment is considered exceptionally grave

1. AZakat✓
2. BSalah✓
3. CSawm✓
4. DHajj✓

What Arabic term is used for the direction Muslims face during prayer, toward the Kaaba

1. AMihrab✓
2. BQiblah✓
3. CMinbar✓
4. DSajjadah✓

What is the recommended minimum age or condition for a child to be encouraged to begin practicing Salah, according to widely cited Hadith

1. AAge 5✓
2. BAge 7, with correction encouraged by age 10✓
3. CAge 10 exclusively✓
4. DAge 12✓

What term describes an act performed in a manner that closely mirrors the practice demonstrated by the Prophet in worship

1. AIttiba-e-Sunnah✓
2. BBid'ah✓
3. CIjtihad✓
4. DQiyas✓

What is an innovation in religious practice not found in the Quran or Sunnah generally termed

1. ASunnah✓
2. BBid'ah✓
3. CIjma✓
4. DFard✓

Who administers the collection and distribution of Zakat in an organized Islamic state, historically

1. AAmil (Zakat collector)✓
2. BQadi✓
3. CMufti✓
4. DMuhtasib✓

What is the concept of charity given for a specific vow made to Allah called

1. ANazr✓
2. BKaffarah✓
3. CFidyah✓
4. DSadaqah✓

Islamic scholars agree that Zakat became obligatory in which year of the Hijri calendar

1. A1 AH✓
2. B2 AH✓
3. C3 AH✓
4. D5 AH✓

Under Islamic law, is Zakat due on jewelry worn for personal use, such as gold ornaments

1. AScholars differ; many hold it is due if it meets Nisab✓
2. BNever due on jewelry✓
3. COnly due if never worn✓
4. DOnly silver jewelry is subject to Zakat✓

What form of expiation applies for breaking an oath (not related to fasting) in Islam

1. AFeeding or clothing ten poor people, or fasting three days✓
2. BFasting sixty days only✓
3. CNo expiation required✓
4. DPaying Zakat✓

What is the prostration of forgetfulness, performed to correct minor errors during prayer, called

1. ASujood-ut-Tilawah✓
2. BSujood-us-Sahw✓
3. CSujood-ush-Shukr✓
4. DSujood-ul-Ibadah✓

What is the prostration performed upon reciting or hearing certain specific Quranic verses called

1. ASujood-ut-Tilawah✓
2. BSujood-us-Sahw✓
3. CSujood-ush-Shukr✓
4. DSujood-ul-Ibadah✓

What is the prostration of gratitude, performed upon receiving good news or a blessing, called

1. ASujood-ut-Tilawah✓
2. BSujood-us-Sahw✓
3. CSujood-ush-Shukr✓
4. DSujood-ul-Ibadah✓

Combining two prayers together, such as Zuhr and Asr, under specific circumstances like travel, is called

1. AQasr✓
2. BJam'✓
3. CTarteeb✓
4. DTashahhud✓

Shortening the four-rakat prayers to two rakats during travel is called

1. AJam'✓
2. BQasr✓
3. CSujood-us-Sahw✓
4. DTarteeb✓

What is the term for the supplication recited during Witr prayer, especially in the last rakat

1. AQunut✓
2. BTashahhud✓
3. CIstikhara✓
4. DTa'awwudh✓

What special charitable practice is encouraged specifically on the Day of Ashura, in addition to fasting

1. AIncreased charity to family and the poor✓
2. BZakat collection only✓
3. CQurbani (sacrifice)✓
4. DI'tikaf✓

In Hajj-e-Qiran, how does the pilgrim combine Umrah and Hajj

1. APerforming both together under a single continuous Ihram✓
2. BPerforming Umrah first, exiting Ihram, then Hajj separately✓
3. CPerforming Hajj only, without Umrah✓
4. DPerforming Umrah after Hajj✓

In Hajj-e-Ifrad, what does the pilgrim perform

1. AOnly Hajj, without a combined Umrah✓
2. BOnly Umrah✓
3. CUmrah then Hajj under one Ihram✓
4. DHajj followed immediately by another Hajj✓

In Hajj-e-Tamattu, what happens between completing Umrah and beginning Hajj

1. AThe pilgrim exits Ihram and later re-enters for Hajj✓
2. BIhram is maintained continuously✓
3. CUmrah is skipped✓
4. DThe pilgrim returns home✓

What sacrifice (Hadi) obligation applies specifically to pilgrims performing Tamattu or Qiran

1. ANo sacrifice required✓
2. BA sacrifice is obligatory, or fasting as an alternative✓
3. CSacrifice is optional✓
4. DOnly wealthy pilgrims must sacrifice✓

Can a pilgrim in the state of Ihram wear perfume

1. ANo, it is prohibited✓
2. BYes, freely✓
3. COnly on the head✓
4. DOnly after Tawaf✓

Can a pilgrim in the state of Ihram engage in hunting

1. ANo, it is prohibited✓
2. BYes, small game only✓
3. CYes, freely✓
4. DOnly birds are prohibited✓

What is the term for Umrah performed in combination with Hajj in the same journey, without removing Ihram in between

1. AHajj-e-Tamattu✓
2. BHajj-e-Qiran✓
3. CHajj-e-Ifrad✓
4. DAll are valid forms with different rules✓

The five daily prayers can be classified by time as Fajr, Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and which fifth prayer

1. AWitr✓
2. BIsha✓
3. CTahajjud✓
4. DIshraq✓

How many pillars (Jamarat) are stoned during the Rami ritual at Mina

1. AOne✓
2. BTwo✓
3. CThree✓
4. DFour✓

What is the shaving or trimming of hair after completing Hajj rituals called

1. AHalq or Taqsir✓
2. BIhram✓
3. CTawaf✓
4. DSa'i✓

Is shaving the head obligatory for women completing Hajj, or is a small trim sufficient

1. AFull shaving is obligatory✓
2. BA small trim (Taqsir) is sufficient✓
3. CNo hair-related ritual applies to women✓
4. DWomen must wait until returning home✓

What are the things prohibited while in the state of Ihram called

1. AMuharramat-e-Ihram✓
2. BFaraidh-e-Hajj✓
3. CWajibat-e-Hajj✓
4. DSunan-e-Hajj✓

Which Surah of the Quran discusses in detail the categories eligible for Zakat distribution

1. AAl-Baqarah✓
2. BAt-Tawbah✓
3. CAn-Nisa✓
4. DAl-Anfal✓

What is the general term for voluntary prayers performed in addition to obligatory ones

1. ANawafil (Sunnah/Nafl prayers)✓
2. BFaraidh✓
3. CWajibat✓
4. DAruz✓

What is the day of standing at Muzdalifah after Arafat, gathering pebbles for stoning, associated with

1. ACollecting pebbles and combining Maghrib and Isha prayers✓
2. BPerforming Sa'i✓
3. CSlaughtering the sacrifice✓
4. DThe Tawaf of arrival✓

Sadaqah-tul-Fitr is obligatory upon whom in a household

1. AOnly the head of household✓
2. BEvery Muslim who has food surplus for a day and night, including dependents✓
3. COnly adult males✓
4. DOnly those who fasted the full month✓