Neco 2020 Islamic Religious Studies Question 18

Practice objective / multiple choice question 18 from the 2020 Neco Islamic Religious Studies examination.

Neco 2020 Islamic Religious Studies Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 18 NECO • 2020 • ISLAMIC_RELIGIOUS_STUDIES • objective

A newly introduced financial technology called ‘X‑Pay' has no explicit mention in the Qur'an or the Sunnah. A council of scholars has reached a unanimous consensus (ijma) that X‑Pay is permissible, and they also derive a qiyās analogy from the prohibition of riba. According to the classical hierarchy of sources in Islamic law, which source provides the primary legal ruling on the permissibility of X‑Pay?

Answer Options

A. qiyās (analogy)
Correct Answer B. ijma (consensus)
C. Qur'an (revelation)
D. Sunnah (prophetic tradition)
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
ijma (consensus)

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This is Neco 2020 Islamic Religious Studies Question 18. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Neco Islamic Religious Studies examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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