2025 NECO IRK: 2025 NECO I.R.S ANSWERS (2533)

(1a)

(1b)
(i)Allāh blessed the Quraysh with security when they sent caravans on business trips, all year round. No one would attack them because of their ties with the House of Allāh.

(ii)Allāh blessed the Quraysh also in that much would be brought to them in terms of sustenance, whilst those in surrounding places would suffer. We witness this first-hand when visiting Makkah: we find all kinds of food, drink and other items, at even the busiest of periods.

(4)

(i) Hadith is part of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) Sunnah and Muslims are commanded by God to follow this Sunnah, together with Quran, as sources for Islam religion teachings and rules.

(ii) Prophet Muhammad is a true model for human to be followed in all his saying, doings, and practices. And sayings (hadith) detail and explain what is briefed in Quran.

(iii) Prophet sayings (hadith) give the details, as explained to the prophet by God, of many ritual worships. In other words Prophet sayings (hadith) are sources of many Islam morals, since they help Muslims in determining the prophet way to behave.

(vi) Help Muslims to be closer to Allah by doing what He wills and abstaining from what He forbids. Give direction on the performance of Sunnah acts.They are a source of knowledge for Muslims.

(v)Helps Muslims to know the details regarding the Prophet’s life and teachings. And They affirm the position held by the Prophet in Islam. Confirm the Prophet’s teachings on various religious issues.

(5a)

Polygamy is the act of marrying multiple spouses, that means having more than one husband or wife at the same time. The term is the opposite of monogamy which is the more common practice of having just one spouse at any given moment.

(5b)

(i) Care, warmth and affection provided by wives or mistresses.

(ii) The complexity of choice disappears, when you need to prefer only one companion for life.

(iii) The diversity of the gene pool.

(iv) When parting with one, there are still others.

(v) Contribute significantly to the wealth of the household and can thus materially benefit from the labour of an additional spouse

(6a)

(i)Prophet Isa

(ii)Prophet Musa

(iii)Prophet Ibrahim

(iv)Prophet Ismail

(v)Prophet lukman

(vi)Prophet yacoob/yakub.

(vii)Prophet ayub

(viii)Prophet Ishaq

(ix)Prophet salih

(x)Prophet Muhammad

(6b)

(i)Prophets pass the word of Allah to the people.

(ii)Prophets teach people the way of Allah.

By guiding them

From Medina on November 29, 629 and conquered the city on December 11.

The idols of the tribal gods at Kabba were destroyed and Prophet Muhammad declared Mecca a sanctuary for everyone.

A year before in 628, the Meccan tribe of Quraysh and the Muslim community in Medina signed a 10-year truce called the 'Treaty of Hudaybiyah'. But the Quraysh violated the treaty when they helped the Banu Bakr tribe to attack the Banu Khuza's tribe. To help Bhanu Khuza's, Prophet Muhammad gathered an army of 10,000 men and divided it into four columns to attack from different sides.

There were only 14 causalities in the war and the Muslim army spared everyone who converted to Islam. Mecca, in a desert valley in western Saudi Arabia, is Islam's holiest city Only Muslims are allowed in the city, with millions arriving for the annual Hajj (pilgrimage). Dating from the 7th century, the central Masjid al-Haram (Sacred Mosque) surrounds the Kaaba, the cloth-covered cubic structure; Islam's most sacred shrine. The opening of Mecca was followed by the Battle of Hunayn. It was a battle fought between Muhammad and his followers against the Bedouin tribe of Hawazin and its subsection the Thaqif in 630.