Sunan Ibn Majah

1 What is the full name of the compiler of Sunan Ibn Majah?
(a) Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari (b) Muhammad ibn Yazid Ibn Majah
(c) Ahmad ibn Shu‘ayb al-Nasa’i (d) None of these

2 Ibn Majah is generally associated with which city?
(a) Qazwin (b) Makkah
(c) Damascus (d) None of these

3 In which year AH did Ibn Majah die?
(a) 275 AH (b) 279 AH
(c) 303 AH (d) 273 AH

4 Sunan Ibn Majah is commonly included among:
(a) The four major fiqh books (b) The six canonical Sunni Hadith collections
(c) The major Quranic commentaries (d) None of these

5 What is the personal name of Ibn Majah?
(a) Muhammad ibn Yazid (b) Ahmad ibn Shu‘ayb
(c) Sulayman ibn al-Ash‘ath (d) None of these

6 Ibn Majah was primarily a scholar of:
(a) Hadith (b) Medicine
(c) Astronomy (d) None of these

7 Ibn Majah traveled extensively in pursuit of:
(a) Military service (b) Hadith knowledge
(c) Government employment (d) None of these

8 Which collection is associated with Ibn Majah?
(a) Sunan Abi Dawud (b) Jami al-Tirmidhi
(c) Sunan Ibn Majah (d) None of these

9 Ibn Majah died in:
(a) 273 AH / 887 CE (b) 279 AH / 892 CE
(c) 303 AH / 915 CE (d) None of these

10 The term “Sunan” indicates that the collection is generally arranged according to:
(a) Legal and practical subjects (b) Biographies only
(c) Poetry (d) None of these

11 Which statement about Sunan Ibn Majah is correct?
(a) It contains only authentic Hadith (b) It contains reports of varying levels of authenticity
(c) It contains only Quranic verses (d) None of these

12 One important feature of Sunan Ibn Majah is that it contains:
(a) Additional narrations not found in some of the other five collections (b) Only reports from one narrator
(c) No legal material (d) None of these

13 Ibn Majah was from:
(a) Qazwin (b) Cairo
(c) Cordoba (d) None of these

14 Which of the following is NOT the name of Ibn Majah?
(a) Muhammad ibn Yazid (b) Ibn Majah al-Qazwini
(c) Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Yazid (d) Ahmad ibn Hanbal

15 The standard six Hadith collections are commonly called:
(a) Kutub al-Sittah (b) Kutub al-Arba‘ah
(c) Kutub al-Tafsir (d) None of these

16 Sunan Ibn Majah is especially important because:
(a) It became part of the commonly recognized six canonical collections (b) It is a book of Arabic poetry
(c) It contains no Hadith on jurisprudence (d) None of these

17 Which statement is most accurate?
(a) Every report in Sunan Ibn Majah is sahih (b) The collection contains sahih, hasan and weak reports
(c) It contains no weak reports (d) None of these

18 Ibn Majah belonged to the:
(a) 1st century AH (b) 2nd century AH
(c) 3rd century AH (d) None of these

19 What was Ibn Majah’s nisbah?
(a) Al-Qazwini (b) Al-Nasa’i
(c) Al-Tirmidhi (d) None of these

20 Which of the following is a major characteristic of a Sunan collection?
(a) Arrangement by jurisprudential chapters (b) Arrangement only by narrator names
(c) Arrangement only by geography (d) None of these

21 Ibn Majah’s collection is generally known as:
(a) Sunan Ibn Majah (b) Sahih Ibn Majah
(c) Musnad Ibn Majah (d) None of these

22 Which of the following scholars compiled another book of the Kutub al-Sittah?
(a) Abu Dawood (b) Al-Farabi
(c) Ibn Khaldun (d) None of these

23 The inclusion of Ibn Majah among the six collections is:
(a) A common Sunni scholarly classification (b) A classification of Quranic chapters
(c) A classification of Arabic dictionaries (d) None of these

24 Ibn Majah’s scholarly travels were mainly connected with:
(a) Acquisition and transmission of Hadith knowledge (b) Trade routes
(c) Military campaigns (d) None of these

25 Which of the following is NOT a Hadith collection of the Kutub al-Sittah?
(a) Sunan Ibn Majah (b) Sahih Muslim
(c) Sunan al-Nasa’i (d) Al-Muwatta

26 The year 273 AH corresponds approximately to:
(a) 887 CE (b) 892 CE
(c) 915 CE (d) None of these

27 Which scholar compiled Sunan Ibn Majah?
(a) Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Qazwini (b) Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari
(c) Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (d) None of these

28 The collection of Ibn Majah contains:
(a) Hadith organized into thematic chapters (b) Only historical poetry
(c) Only Quranic manuscripts (d) None of these

29 Ibn Majah’s work became particularly significant because it:
(a) Added a major collection to the commonly recognized six (b) Replaced the Quran
(c) Replaced all earlier Hadith books (d) None of these

30 Which statement about authenticity is correct?
(a) All reports in Ibn Majah are equally authentic (b) Scholars have identified reports of different grades
(c) No scholar has evaluated its reports (d) None of these

31 Ibn Majah’s full scholarly name includes:
(a) Muhammad ibn Yazid (b) Ahmad ibn Shu‘ayb
(c) Sulayman ibn al-Ash‘ath (d) None of these

32 Sunan Ibn Majah is primarily a:
(a) Hadith collection (b) History of Persia
(c) Quranic tafsir (d) None of these

33 Which of the following is a feature of the Kutub al-Sittah?
(a) They are major Sunni Hadith collections (b) They are all books of philosophy
(c) They are all Quranic commentaries (d) None of these

34 Ibn Majah is generally dated to the:
(a) 3rd century AH (b) 1st century AH
(c) 5th century AH (d) None of these

35 Which city is most directly associated with Ibn Majah’s nisbah?
(a) Qazwin (b) Basra
(c) Madinah (d) None of these

36 A major purpose of Hadith collections such as Sunan Ibn Majah is:
(a) Preservation and transmission of Prophetic reports (b) Compilation of poetry
(c) Study of Greek mythology (d) None of these

37 Which statement is correct about Sunan Ibn Majah?
(a) It contains reports relevant to Islamic law and practice (b) It contains no legal material
(c) It is exclusively a biography of Ibn Majah (d) None of these

38 Ibn Majah died in:
(a) Qazwin (b) Baghdad
(c) Cairo (d) None of these

39 The compiler of Sunan Ibn Majah lived approximately during:
(a) 824–887 CE (b) 760–800 CE
(c) 900–950 CE (d) None of these

40 Which of the following is a correct description of Ibn Majah?
(a) A major Hadith scholar (b) A medieval European philosopher
(c) A Greek historian (d) None of these

41 The sixth collection in the commonly recognized Kutub al-Sittah is often identified as:
(a) Sunan Ibn Majah (b) Al-Muwatta
(c) Musnad Ahmad (d) None of these

42 Ibn Majah’s collection includes:
(a) Reports of varying authenticity (b) Only mutawatir Hadith
(c) Only Quranic verses (d) None of these

43 The term “al-Qazwini” indicates association with:
(a) Qazwin (b) Damascus
(c) Makkah (d) None of these

44 Which of the following scholars died in 273 AH?
(a) Ibn Majah (b) Al-Nasa’i
(c) Al-Tirmidhi (d) None of these

45 The primary language of Sunan Ibn Majah is:
(a) Arabic (b) Persian
(c) Greek (d) None of these

46 Which of the following best explains the importance of Sunan Ibn Majah?
(a) It preserves additional Prophetic reports and became part of the six major Sunni collections
(b) It is the earliest complete Quran
(c) It is exclusively a book of theology
(d) None of these

47 Ibn Majah’s collection is organized primarily:
(a) By subject chapters (b) By alphabetical order of cities
(c) By chronological order of caliphs (d) None of these

48 Which statement is NOT correct?
(a) Ibn Majah was a Hadith scholar (b) He was associated with Qazwin
(c) His collection is among the Kutub al-Sittah (d) His collection contains only sahih reports

49 Ibn Majah died in the:
(a) 3rd century AH (b) 2nd century AH
(c) 4th century AH (d) None of these

50 Sunan Ibn Majah is best described as:
(a) A major Sunni Hadith collection (b) A book of Arabic grammar
(c) A political chronicle (d) None of these

Answer Key

1 (b) Muhammad ibn Yazid Ibn Majah
2 (a) Qazwin
3 (d) 273 AH
4 (b) The six canonical Sunni Hadith collections
5 (a) Muhammad ibn Yazid
6 (a) Hadith
7 (b) Hadith knowledge
8 (c) Sunan Ibn Majah
9 (a) 273 AH / 887 CE
10 (a) Legal and practical subjects
11 (b) It contains reports of varying levels of authenticity
12 (a) Additional narrations not found in some of the other five collections
13 (a) Qazwin
14 (d) Ahmad ibn Hanbal
15 (a) Kutub al-Sittah
16 (a) It became part of the commonly recognized six canonical collections
17 (b) The collection contains sahih, hasan and weak reports
18 (c) 3rd century AH
19 (a) Al-Qazwini
20 (a) Arrangement by jurisprudential chapters
21 (a) Sunan Ibn Majah
22 (a) Abu Dawood
23 (a) A common Sunni scholarly classification
24 (a) Acquisition and transmission of Hadith knowledge
25 (d) Al-Muwatta
26 (a) 887 CE
27 (a) Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Qazwini
28 (a) Hadith organized into thematic chapters
29 (a) Added a major collection to the commonly recognized six
30 (b) Scholars have identified reports of different grades
31 (a) Muhammad ibn Yazid
32 (a) Hadith collection
33 (a) They are major Sunni Hadith collections
34 (a) 3rd century AH
35 (a) Qazwin
36 (a) Preservation and transmission of Prophetic reports
37 (a) It contains reports relevant to Islamic law and practice
38 (a) Qazwin
39 (a) 824–887 CE
40 (a) A major Hadith scholar
41 (a) Sunan Ibn Majah
42 (a) Reports of varying authenticity
43 (a) Qazwin
44 (a) Ibn Majah
45 (a) Arabic
46 (a) It preserves additional Prophetic reports and became part of the six major Sunni collections
47 (a) By subject chapters
48 (d) His collection contains only sahih reports
49 (a) 3rd century AH
50 (a) A major Sunni Hadith collection