Important Islamic Firsts: 50 MCQs

1 Who was the first human being according to Islamic belief?
(a) Adam (AS) (b) Nuh (AS) (c) Ibrahim (AS) (d) None of these

2 Who was the first prophet?
(a) Idris (AS) (b) Adam (AS) (c) Nuh (AS) (d) None of these

3 Who was the first messenger sent to mankind after the emergence of widespread idolatry, according to the commonly accepted Islamic account?
(a) Adam (AS) (b) Nuh (AS) (c) Ibrahim (AS) (d) None of these

4 Who was the first woman according to Islamic tradition?
(a) Maryam (AS) (b) Hawwa (Eve) (c) Hajar (RA) (d) None of these

5 Who was the first wife of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ?
(a) Aishah bint Abi Bakr (RA) (b) Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (RA)
(c) Hafsah bint Umar (RA) (d) None of these

6 Who was the first person to accept Islam among women?
(a) Aishah (RA) (b) Khadijah (RA) (c) Hafsah (RA) (d) None of these

7 Who was the first adult male to accept Islam according to the commonly reported traditional account?
(a) Abu Bakr (RA) (b) Umar (RA) (c) Uthman (RA) (d) None of these

8 Who was the first child to accept Islam?
(a) Abdullah ibn Umar (RA) (b) Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) (c) Hasan ibn Ali (RA) (d) None of these

9 Who was the first freed slave or former enslaved person to accept Islam among the earliest converts?
(a) Bilal ibn Rabah (RA) (b) Zayd ibn Harithah (RA) (c) Salman al-Farsi (RA) (d) None of these

10 Who was the first person to call the Adhan in Islam?
(a) Abu Hurairah (RA) (b) Bilal ibn Rabah (RA) (c) Zayd ibn Thabit (RA) (d) None of these

11 Who was the first Mu’adhdhin of Islam?
(a) Bilal ibn Rabah (RA) (b) Abu Bakr (RA) (c) Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) (d) None of these

12 Which mosque is traditionally recognized as the first mosque built by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ after the Hijrah?
(a) Masjid al-Nabawi (b) Masjid Quba (c) Masjid al-Aqsa (d) None of these

13 Which mosque did Prophet Muhammad ﷺ establish in Madinah as the centre of the Muslim community?
(a) Masjid al-Nabawi (b) Masjid Quba (c) Masjid al-Haram (d) None of these

14 What was the first Qiblah of Muslims?
(a) Ka’bah (b) Masjid al-Aqsa (c) Masjid Quba (d) None of these

15 Which battle was the first major military engagement between the Muslims and the Quraysh?
(a) Battle of Uhud (b) Battle of Badr (c) Battle of Khandaq (d) None of these

16 In which year of the Hijrah did the Battle of Badr take place?
(a) 1 AH (b) 2 AH (c) 3 AH (d) None of these

17 Which treaty is commonly regarded as a major diplomatic agreement between Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the Quraysh?
(a) Treaty of Hudaybiyyah (b) Treaty of Versailles (c) Treaty of Paris (d) None of these

18 In which year did the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah take place?
(a) 5 AH (b) 6 AH (c) 8 AH (d) None of these

19 Which was the first major migration of early Muslims away from Makkah?
(a) Migration to Abyssinia (b) Migration to Madinah (c) Migration to Syria (d) None of these

20 Who was the ruler of Abyssinia who gave protection to Muslim migrants?
(a) Heraclius (b) Najashi (c) Chosroes (d) None of these

21 Who was the first caliph after the death of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ?
(a) Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) (b) Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (RA)
(c) Uthman ibn Affan (RA) (d) None of these

22 Who was the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate?
(a) Abu Bakr (RA) (b) Umar (RA) (c) Ali (RA) (d) None of these

23 Who was the first caliph to be titled Amir al-Mu’minin in the commonly reported historical account?
(a) Abu Bakr (RA) (b) Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) (c) Uthman (RA) (d) None of these

24 Who was the first caliph to compile the Qur’an into a collected manuscript after the Battle of Yamamah?
(a) Abu Bakr (RA) (b) Umar (RA) (c) Ali (RA) (d) None of these

25 Who was the first caliph to order the standardization and distribution of official Qur’anic copies?
(a) Abu Bakr (RA) (b) Uthman ibn Affan (RA) (c) Umar (RA) (d) None of these

26 Who was the first person appointed to lead the collection of the Qur’an during Abu Bakr’s caliphate?
(a) Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (RA) (b) Zayd ibn Thabit (RA) (c) Ubayy ibn Ka’b (RA) (d) None of these

27 Who was the first Muslim community to migrate to Abyssinia?
(a) A group of early Muslims from Makkah
(b) The people of Madinah after the Battle of Badr
(c) The entire Muslim community of Arabia
(d) None of these

28 Which woman is traditionally regarded as the first martyr in Islam?
(a) Sumayyah bint Khayyat (RA) (b) Khadijah (RA) (c) Aishah (RA) (d) None of these

29 Who is traditionally regarded as the first martyr among Muslim men?
(a) Hamzah ibn Abdul Muttalib (RA) (b) Yasir ibn Amir (RA) (c) Mus’ab ibn Umayr (RA) (d) None of these

30 Which was the first major battle fought by the Muslims after the Hijrah?
(a) Badr (b) Uhud (c) Hunayn (d) None of these

31 Who was the first person to be buried in Jannat al-Baqi according to the commonly reported historical account?
(a) Uthman ibn Maz’un (RA) (b) Abu Bakr (RA) (c) Umar (RA) (d) None of these

32 Who was the first wife of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to pass away after his migration to Madinah?
(a) Aishah (RA) (b) Sawdah (RA) (c) Zaynab bint Khuzaymah (RA) (d) None of these

33 Which was the first major Islamic dynasty after the Rashidun period?
(a) Abbasid (b) Umayyad (c) Fatimid (d) None of these

34 Who was the founder of the Umayyad Caliphate?
(a) Mu’awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (b) Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (c) Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (d) None of these

35 Which city became the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate?
(a) Baghdad (b) Damascus (c) Cairo (d) None of these

36 Which dynasty succeeded the Umayyads in the central Abbasid Caliphate in 750 CE?
(a) Fatimids (b) Abbasids (c) Ayyubids (d) None of these

37 Which city became the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate under Caliph Al-Mansur?
(a) Baghdad (b) Damascus (c) Cordoba (d) None of these

38 Who founded Baghdad as the Abbasid capital?
(a) Harun al-Rashid (b) Al-Mansur (c) Al-Ma’mun (d) None of these

39 Which institution is traditionally associated with the early development of organized Islamic learning in Madinah?
(a) Masjid al-Nabawi (b) University of Bologna (c) Oxford University (d) None of these

40 What was the name of the platform or shaded area in Masjid al-Nabawi associated with the poor and devoted students of the Prophet ﷺ?
(a) Suffah (b) Minbar (c) Mihrab (d) None of these

41 Who was the first person to embrace Islam among the young boys, according to the commonly reported traditional account?
(a) Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) (b) Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA) (c) Abu Sufyan (RA) (d) None of these

42 Who was the first Muslim to migrate to Madinah before the Prophet’s own migration, according to the commonly reported account?
(a) Mus’ab ibn Umayr (RA) (b) Abu Bakr (RA) (c) Khalid ibn al-Walid (RA) (d) None of these

43 Who was the first governor sent by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to Yemen in the commonly reported account?
(a) Mu’adh ibn Jabal (RA) (b) Bilal ibn Rabah (RA) (c) Abu Hurairah (RA) (d) None of these

44 Who was the first woman to migrate to Madinah according to the commonly reported traditional account?
(a) Umm Salamah (RA) (b) Aishah (RA) (c) Hafsah (RA) (d) None of these

45 Which was the first revealed passage of the Qur’an according to the widely accepted Islamic account?
(a) Surah Al-Fatihah (b) The first five verses of Surah Al-Alaq
(c) Surah Al-Baqarah (d) None of these

46 In which cave did the first revelation occur?
(a) Cave of Thawr (b) Cave of Hira (c) Cave of Uhud (d) None of these

47 Who was the first wife of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to be buried in Jannat al-Baqi according to the commonly reported account?
(a) Zaynab bint Khuzaymah (RA) (b) Aishah (RA) (c) Hafsah (RA) (d) None of these

48 Which Islamic calendar system was formally adopted during the caliphate of Umar (RA)?
(a) Solar calendar beginning with the birth of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
(b) Hijri calendar based on the migration to Madinah
(c) Persian imperial calendar
(d) None of these

49 Which event was selected as the starting point of the Islamic Hijri calendar?
(a) Birth of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (b) First revelation
(c) Hijrah to Madinah (d) None of these

50 Which statement best describes the study of Islamic firsts?
(a) Every reported first has equal historical certainty
(b) Some firsts are well established, while others depend on historical reports and scholarly interpretation
(c) All firsts are mentioned explicitly in the Qur’an
(d) None of these

Answer Key

1 (a) Adam (AS)
2 (b) Adam (AS)
3 (b) Nuh (AS)
4 (b) Hawwa (Eve)
5 (b) Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (RA)
6 (b) Khadijah (RA)
7 (a) Abu Bakr (RA)
8 (b) Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)
9 (b) Zayd ibn Harithah (RA)
10 (b) Bilal ibn Rabah (RA)
11 (a) Bilal ibn Rabah (RA)
12 (b) Masjid Quba
13 (a) Masjid al-Nabawi
14 (b) Masjid al-Aqsa
15 (b) Battle of Badr
16 (b) 2 AH
17 (a) Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
18 (b) 6 AH
19 (a) Migration to Abyssinia
20 (b) Najashi
21 (b) Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (RA)
22 (a) Abu Bakr (RA)
23 (b) Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA)
24 (a) Abu Bakr (RA)
25 (b) Uthman ibn Affan (RA)
26 (b) Zayd ibn Thabit (RA)
27 (a) A group of early Muslims from Makkah
28 (a) Sumayyah bint Khayyat (RA)
29 (b) Yasir ibn Amir (RA)
30 (a) Badr
31 (a) Uthman ibn Maz’un (RA)
32 (c) Zaynab bint Khuzaymah (RA)
33 (b) Umayyad
34 (a) Mu’awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan
35 (b) Damascus
36 (b) Abbasids
37 (a) Baghdad
38 (b) Al-Mansur
39 (a) Masjid al-Nabawi
40 (a) Suffah
41 (a) Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)
42 (a) Mus’ab ibn Umayr (RA)
43 (a) Mu’adh ibn Jabal (RA)
44 (a) Umm Salamah (RA)
45 (b) The first five verses of Surah Al-Alaq
46 (b) Cave of Hira
47 (a) Zaynab bint Khuzaymah (RA)
48 (b) Hijri calendar based on the migration to Madinah
49 (c) Hijrah to Madinah
50 (b) Some firsts are well established, while others depend on historical reports and scholarly interpretation