Reforms Introduced by Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.)

14 Grade 7 Religious Education (IRE) questions on Reforms Introduced by Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.), with worked marking schemes. 14 questions are available on this topic in full.

1. Question 1

   1 mark

   In the field of trade and business, one reform introduced by the Prophet (S.A.W.) was the prohibition of:

   A. Farming

   B. Riba (interest/usury)

   C. Buying and selling

   D. Honest bargaining

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2. Question 2

   6 marks

   Explain three lessons that a Muslim learner today can draw from the reforms introduced by Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.).

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3. Question 3

   1 mark

   Regarding orphans, a moral reform introduced by the Prophet (S.A.W.) was to command Muslims to:

   A. Care for orphans and protect their rights

   B. Ignore orphans

   C. Send orphans away

   D. Take the orphans' property

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4. Question 4

   1 mark

   Before Islam, baby girls were sometimes buried alive and treated as a disgrace in Arabia. After his mission, Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) firmly stopped this and taught that daughters are a blessing. This shows that one of his social reforms was:

   A. Encouraging idol worship

   B. Restoring the dignity and rights of women and girls

   C. Promoting tribal warfare

   D. Banning trade altogether

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5. Question 5

   4 marks

   (a) Describe how the position of women changed after the coming of Islam.

   (b) Give one right that Islam granted to women.

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   (a) 2 marks: women moved from being oppressed/treated as property/having no value (e.g. female infanticide) to being respected and given dignity and legal status. (b) 2 marks for one right, e.g. the right to inherit property; the right to own property; the right to consent to marriage; the right to mahr; the right to education. Accept valid points.

6. Question 6

   1 mark

   Concerning slaves, one social reform the Prophet (S.A.W.) encouraged was:

   A. Selling slaves for profit

   B. Punishing freed slaves

   C. Kind treatment and freeing of slaves

   D. Increasing the number of slaves

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7. Question 7

   1 mark

   Before Islam, baby girls were sometimes buried alive and women were denied inheritance. After the Prophet (S.A.W.) brought Islam, how did the treatment of women and girls change?

   A. Their rights were further reduced

   B. They were honoured, given the right to life, inheritance and dignity

   C. They were forbidden from learning anything

   D. Nothing changed from the pre-Islamic period

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8. Question 8

   1 mark

   Before Islam, baby girls were sometimes buried alive in Arabia. One major reform brought by Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) was to:

   A. Encourage the practice

   B. Increase the practice for the poor

   C. Ignore the issue

   D. Grant women and girls dignity and rights

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9. Question 9

   4 marks

   State four social reforms introduced by Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) in Arabian society.

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   Any 4, 1 mark each: abolished female infanticide/gave women rights; promoted kind treatment/freeing of slaves; established care for orphans and the poor; ended tribalism and promoted brotherhood/equality; prohibited alcohol and gambling; regulated marriage and inheritance justly. Accept valid points.

10. Question 10

    6 marks

    In a history lesson, the teacher describes how, before Islam (during the period of Jahiliyyah), baby girls were sometimes buried alive, slaves were treated cruelly, and the weak had no rights. He explains how the Prophet (S.A.W.) changed this society.

    (a) Identify two social evils that existed in Arabia before Islam. (2 marks)

    (b) Explain two reforms the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) introduced to improve the treatment of women and the weak in society. (4 marks)

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    (a) Social evils before Islam (any two): (1) Female infanticide - burying baby girls alive; (2) Slavery and cruel treatment of slaves; (3) Tribal wars and oppression of the weak; (4) Denying women rights of inheritance and treating them as property; (5) Drinking, gambling and idol worship. (b) Reforms (any two, explained): (1) He gave women dignity and rights - the right to own property, to inherit, to consent in marriage and to be treated kindly, ending female infanticide; (2) He encouraged the freeing of slaves and commanded kind, just treatment of those still enslaved, feeding and clothing them as oneself; (3) He established the rights of the poor, orphans and weak through Zakat and charity; (4) He taught equality, declaring that no Arab is superior to a non-Arab except through taqwa (piety).

11. Question 11

    1 mark

    Before Islam, Arabs worshipped idols placed around the Ka'bah. A key religious reform of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) was to establish the worship of:

    A. Many gods

    B. One God (Tawheed)

    C. Ancestors

    D. The sun and moon

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12. Question 12

    6 marks

    Explain three economic reforms brought about by Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.).

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    Any 3, 2 marks each: prohibited riba (interest) to protect people from exploitation; introduced zakat to help the poor and distribute wealth; encouraged honest trade and forbade cheating/false weights; forbade hoarding and unlawful gain; encouraged charity (sadaqah). Accept explained points.

13. Question 13

    1 mark

    Before Islam, alcohol and gambling were common in Arabian society. Islam reformed this by declaring them:

    A. Recommended

    B. Compulsory

    C. Optional for the rich

    D. Haram (forbidden)

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14. Question 14

    1 mark

    The period of ignorance in Arabia before the coming of Islam is commonly referred to as:

    A. Isra

    B. Hijra

    C. Jahiliyyah

    D. Fatiha

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