Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Question

49. All observant Muslims believe that heaven and hell are real.
50. Shari’a developed to guide the implementation of Qur'anic and hadith interpretation.
51. The four schools of Shari’a that arose in Sunni Islam between 750 and 850 are schools of theology that differ in belief and practice.
52. The Qur'an expressly prohibits Muslims from smoking tobacco.
53. The Qur'an says that a man can have only one wife at a time.

Answer 1

1. TRUE - Although Muslims differ on how the descriptions of heaven and hell in the Qur'an are to be interpreted—and most interpret them quite literally—all observant Muslims believe that heaven and hell are real. Muslims are motivated to submit to God by the attractive promises about heaven and fearsome warnings about hell that reach all the way back to Muhammad.
2. TRUE - Shari’a developed to guide the implementation of Qur'anic and hadith interpretation.
3. TRUE - Four different schools of Shari’a arose in Sunni Islam between 750 and 850, and still exist today. These are not schools of theology that differ in belief or practice, because the four Sunni schools hold to the same basic Muslim beliefs and practices.
4. TRUE - Some Muslims argue that smoking tobacco should be forbidden as something that is harmful to the body that God has created. Others argue that what the Qur'an, hadith, and Shari’a do not expressly prohibit should be accepted.
5. FALSE - The Qur'an says that a man may have up to four wives at one time as long as he provides for them equally and with separate living quarters, but the vast majority of Muslim men have only one wife.