ISLAMIC LIBRARY CHAPTER 9

What type of Majlis is Majlis al-Hadith?

• An occasional class held by teachers with a limited number of hadith.

• A permanent class held by scholars specialized in Quran.

• A meeting for disputation between scholars.

• An informal exchange of hadith among scholars.

What is the main purpose of Majlis al-Munazara?

• To play the role of a judge in matters of difference among Muslim scholars.

• To be an assembly for competition between scholars.

• To be an informal exchange of hadith among scholars.

• To be a meeting point of the poets.

What is Majlis al-Muzakarah?

• A meeting for disputation between scholars.

• An occasional class held by teachers with a limited number of hadith.

• An informal exchange of hadith among scholars.

• A great number of students took part in this meeting.

What is Majlis al-Shu’ara’?

• An occasional class held by teachers with a limited number of hadith.

• A permanent class held by scholars specialized in hadith.

• A meeting point of the poets.

• A meeting for disputation between scholars.

What is the characteristic of Majlis al-Muzakarah?

• Fixed time, place or form

• No fixed time, place or form

• Held by the order of the caliphs or governors

• Held by scholars, who had specialized in this branch of knowledge

What is the literal meaning of Majlis?

• Meeting

• Sitting

• All of the above

• Assembly

What is the characteristic of Majlis al-adab?

• A congenial conversation

• Held at the home of rich

• Non-Muslim students and those with the Arabic language knowledge could attend the class

• All of the above

What is NOT the purpose of Majlis Al-Fatwa & Al-Nazar?

• To discuss fatwa issues

• Held once a week

• The indirect impact on education was immense

• Restricted for woman

How many types of classes held in Majlis al-Hadith?

• Four

• Three

• Two

• One

Which Majlis was not an educational institution in the strict sense but a meeting point of the poets?

• Majlis al-Hadith

• Majlis al-Munazara

• Majlis al-Shu’ara’

• Majlis al-Adab