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120 ILS

Registration fee for regular school students (200 ILS for private-study candidates)

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50%

Minimum mark needed in every examined subject; otherwise the result is 'incomplete'

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10 papers

Sharia Stream papers in the 2026 timetable (8 subjects; Arabic and Quran in two papers each)

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74%

Overall 2026 first-session pass rate, West Bank including Jerusalem and candidates abroad (all streams)

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Four-option multiple-choice items per paper for Gaza candidates in 2026

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The Palestinian Tawjihi Sharia Stream is a set of 10 MOEHE papers in 8 subjects, held in June–July with an August second session. Every subject needs 50%, and the fee is 120 ILS (200 ILS for private study). This free bank offers 73 English-language MCQs on Grade 12 Fiqh of contracts, Quranic sciences and tafsir, Hadith and Arabic as an independent study adaptation of the Arabic-language papers.

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1According to the majority of Islamic jurists (Jumhur al-Fuqaha), what are the fundamental pillars (Arkan) of a valid contract of sale (Aqd al-Bay')?

A.The offer and acceptance (sighah) only; the parties and object are mere conditions

B.The two parties, the object of sale and its price, and the offer and acceptance

C.The two parties, two upright witnesses and a written, notarised document

D.The object of sale, its physical delivery, and payment of the full price

Explanation: The majority of jurists (the Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali schools) define three essential pillars for a contract of sale: the contracting parties (buyer and seller), the subject matter comprising goods and price, and the formula comprising offer and acceptance. In contrast, the Hanafi school formally considers only the formula (al-Sighah) as the singular intrinsic pillar, categorizing the parties and subject matter as prerequisites.

2Which of the following conditions must be fulfilled regarding the subject matter (al-Ma'qud 'Alayh) for a commercial sales contract to be deemed valid in Islamic jurisprudence?

A.It must be a luxury good valued for its beauty rather than its use

B.It may be delivered at any time in the future without a fixed date

C.It must be pure, of lawful benefit, owned, deliverable and known

D.It may be sold by anyone, even if it belongs to the whole community

Explanation: In Islamic commercial jurisprudence (Fiqh al-Mu'amalat), the subject matter of a sale must fulfill rigorous criteria: it must be ritually pure (Tahir), usable in a Sharia-compliant manner (Mutaqawwam), possessed or deliverable by the vendor (Maqdur 'ala Taslimihi), and clearly known in quantity and quality to avoid Gharar. Selling impure goods such as carrion or undeliverable goods such as fish in open waters renders the transaction void (Batil).

3Under the classical Hadith regarding the six Ribawi commodities (gold, silver, wheat, barley, dates, and salt), what legal rule governs the direct exchange of dates for dates?

A.Hand-to-hand exchange in equal measure, whatever the quality difference

B.The owner of the better dates may ask for 20% more to balance the quality

C.One side may be delayed for three days if both sign a receipt

D.It is forbidden in every case and must be done as a lease instead

Explanation: When exchanging items of the same Ribawi genus (such as dates for dates or gold for gold), Islamic law mandates two strict conditions: spot hand-to-hand delivery (Taqabud / Yadan bi-Yad) and exact equality in measure or weight (Tamathul / Mithlan bi-Mithl). Any inequality in quantity constitutes Riba al-Fadl, regardless of disparities in quality. To exchange different qualities lawfully, one must sell the inferior dates for currency and purchase the superior ones.

4A merchant sells 10 grams of gold bullion in exchange for 120 grams of silver bullion, agreeing that the silver will be transferred one week after the gold is handed over. How is this contract classified in Islamic law?

A.A valid salam sale, because gold and silver are different kinds

B.A defective contract that is put right by giving the profit to charity

C.A permitted deferred exchange, because merchants commonly do it

D.Unlawful riba al-nasi'a, because both sides were not received at once

Explanation: Gold and silver share the common legal effective cause ('Illah) of monetary value / medium of exchange (Thamaniyyah). Under the rules of Sarf (currency exchange), when items differ in genus (gold for silver) but share the same monetary 'Illah, disparity in quantity is permitted, but immediate hand-to-hand receipt (Taqabud fi al-Majlis) is strictly mandatory. Deferring the delivery of the silver introduces Riba al-Nasi'ah (deferment usury), rendering the contract void.

5Which of the following scenarios constitutes an impermissible contract of hazard and excessive uncertainty (Bay' al-Gharar)?

A.Buying a sealed sack of graded wheat after inspecting a sample

B.Buying the unborn offspring of an animal before it is born

C.Renting an apartment for a year at a fixed monthly rent

D.Ordering tailored uniforms with the fabric and sizes specified

Explanation: Bay' Habal al-Habalah (selling the unborn foal of a camel or livestock, or selling what the unborn offspring will bear) is an explicit example of Bay' al-Gharar al-Fahish (excessive uncertainty). The subject matter does not currently exist, may never come into being, and cannot be guaranteed for delivery. The Prophet (PBUH) explicitly forbade this sale to eliminate fraud and severe financial dispute.

6What is the defining legal characteristic that distinguishes a contract of Ijarah (leasing of usufruct) from a contract of Bay' (sale)?

A.Ijara transfers permanent ownership of the asset to the lessee

B.Ijara requires the rent to be paid only in grain and never in money

C.Ijara sells only the use of an asset for a period; ownership stays

D.Ijara lets the lessor raise the rent mid-term without the lessee's consent

Explanation: Ijarah is formally defined as a contract over permissible, known usufruct (Manfa'ah) or labor for a determined period in exchange for a specified compensation (Ujrah). Unlike a sales contract (Bay') which transfers ownership of the underlying physical asset ('Ayn) permanently, Ijarah transfers only the temporary right of use, keeping asset title and its associated ownership risks with the lessor.

7Which procedural condition is strictly mandatory for the validity of a Salam (forward sale) contract in Islamic jurisprudence?

A.Full payment of the price in the contract session before parting

B.Delivery of the goods within forty-eight hours of the agreement

C.Limiting it to unique items such as rare antique manuscripts

D.Deferring both the payment of the price and the delivery of goods

Explanation: A fundamental condition for a valid Salam contract is the full spot payment of the purchase price (Ra's al-Mal) at the contracting assembly before the parties separate. This requirement ensures that the contract does not degenerate into Bay' al-Kali' bi-al-Kali' (the forbidden sale of debt for debt). The subject matter must be fungible goods whose genus, quality, and quantity are meticulously specified for future delivery at a fixed date.

8How does an Istisna' (manufacturing commission) contract fundamentally differ from a standard Salam (forward purchase) contract?

A.Istisna' can be used only for raw crops such as wheat and barley grain

B.Istisna' requires the maker to deliver the item free of charge

C.Istisna' forbids any change to the specifications once talks begin

D.Istisna' is for manufactured goods and needs no full advance payment

Explanation: While Salam requires immediate full advance payment in the contract session and can apply to agricultural produce and raw commodities, Istisna' is a contract with a manufacturer to produce specific manufactured goods. Jurists (predominantly in the Hanafi school and modern standards) do not require full advance payment at the session for Istisna'; payments may be structured in installments linked to manufacturing milestones or deferred until delivery.

9What is the legal effect of the Option of the Session (Khiyar al-Majlis) according to the Shafi'i and Hanbali schools?

A.It obliges the buyer to pay a fee for inspecting goods in the shop

B.Either party may cancel the sale as long as they have not separated

C.It makes every spoken sale void until a magistrate approves it

D.It lets the seller take the goods back at any time within one whole year

Explanation: Based on the authentic Prophetic Hadith ('The two parties to a sale have the option to revoke as long as they have not separated'), the Shafi'i and Hanbali jurists hold that both buyer and seller retain the legal power (Khiyar al-Majlis) to unilaterally annul or finalize the transaction as long as they remain in the contracting meeting. Once they physically separate or explicitly waive the option, the sale becomes irrevocable (Lazim).

10In the fiqh of contracts, what is the effect of insanity (junun) on a person's legal capacity?

A.It removes the capacity of obligation, so the person can no longer own property

B.It has no effect on contracts as long as a witness is present

C.It removes the capacity of performance, so his own contracts are void

D.It only delays the contract until the person's family approves it

Explanation: Jurists distinguish the capacity of obligation (ahliyyat al-wujub), which every living person has, from the capacity of performance (ahliyyat al-ada'), which requires a sound mind. Insanity is an impediment to capacity ('arid min 'awarid al-ahliyya) that removes the capacity of performance, so contracts the insane person makes are void and his guardian acts for him, although he still owns property.

About the Tawjihi Sharia Stream Exam

The Palestinian General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) Sharia Stream (الفرع الشرعي) is the Grade 12 school-leaving exam for students heading to Sharia, Islamic studies and Arabic programmes. MOEHE sets national papers in Fiqh, Quran and its Sciences, Hadith, Arabic, English, Mathematics, Information Technology and History, and each subject must reach 50%. This page is an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation of the Fiqh, Quran, Hadith and Arabic syllabuses; the official exam is in Arabic.

Exam sponsor: General Directorate of Assessment, Evaluation and Examinations, Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education (الإدارة العامة للقياس والتقويم والامتحانات — وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي). The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

In 2026 Sharia Stream candidates sat 10 ministerial papers in 8 subjects: English, Hadith, Arabic (two papers), Mathematics, Fiqh, Information Technology, Quran and its Sciences (two papers) and History. Each subject is marked out of 100 and must reach 50%. The first session ran from 20 June to 8 July 2026 and the second session from 15 to 27 August 2026. Papers are in Arabic, apart from English. This bank is an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation of the Grade 12 MOEHE textbooks for Fiqh, Quran and its Sciences, Hadith and Arabic. It does not cover the English, Mathematics, Information Technology or History papers, and it is not an official translation or a simulation of the Arabic papers. Some Quranic verses and hadiths are quoted in Arabic alongside their English meanings.

Time Limit

Set per paper in each session's official timetable; in Gaza's 2026 second session, Mathematics, Arabic and English lasted 2 hours and other papers 1.5 hours

Passing Score

At least 50% of the maximum mark in every examined subject; missing 50% in one or more subjects gives the result 'incomplete' (غير مستكمل), and those subjects must be resat

Exam / Certification Fees

120 ILS for regular school students; 200 ILS for private-study candidates

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Reported exam pass rate: 74% overall (2026 first session, West Bank including Jerusalem and candidates abroad). Overall figure for all streams announced by Minister Amjad Barham on 24 July 2026 (WAFA). No per-stream rate was published in the sources reviewed, and the Gaza rate was deferred until after the second session. This describes exam candidates, not OpenExamPrep users or results from using our resources. Exam sponsor website

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Fiqh of Transactions (الفقه)

Pillars and conditions of a contract, the effect of insanity and foolishness (safah) on capacity, agency (wakala), guardianship of an orphan's property, options of session, defect and stipulation, salam and istisna', instalment and 'urbun sales, telephone contracts, gold and currency exchange (sarf), a lessee's liability, kafala versus hawala, and pledges (rahn).

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Quranic Sciences and Tafsir (القرآن الكريم وعلومه)

The definition, types and wisdom of naskh, rhetorical, unseen and legislative inimitability, parables and oaths, muhkam verses (Al 'Imran 3:7), Ibrahim's debate (al-Baqara 2:258), and Surat al-Nisa 1-31: kinship, orphans' property, inheritance shares, the dower and the women one may not marry.

16 practice questions

Hadith (الحديث الشريف)

Hadiths on cheating in trade, making things easy, the widow and the orphan, asking permission to enter, the believer's affair, the judge's ijtihad, the curse on riba, the seven destructive sins, the signs of a hypocrite, guarding the tongue, the woman and the cat, starting a good practice, bequeathing a third, imitating the other sex, and ribat.

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Arabic Language (اللغة العربية)

Case endings and their signs, inna and kana and their sisters, diptotes, conditional particles, passive participles, ism al-fi'l (hayhat), i'lal in hollow verbs, explicit metaphor, implicit simile (tashbih dimni), the Khafif meter and the predicate as a sentence.

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What You Need to Know

Passing score: At least 50% of the maximum mark in every examined subject; missing 50% in one or more subjects gives the result 'incomplete' (غير مستكمل), and those subjects must be resat
Assessment: In 2026 Sharia Stream candidates sat 10 ministerial papers in 8 subjects: English, Hadith, Arabic (two papers), Mathematics, Fiqh, Information Technology, Quran and its Sciences (two papers) and History. Each subject is marked out of 100 and must reach 50%. The first session ran from 20 June to 8 July 2026 and the second session from 15 to 27 August 2026. Papers are in Arabic, apart from English. This bank is an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation of the Grade 12 MOEHE textbooks for Fiqh, Quran and its Sciences, Hadith and Arabic. It does not cover the English, Mathematics, Information Technology or History papers, and it is not an official translation or a simulation of the Arabic papers. Some Quranic verses and hadiths are quoted in Arabic alongside their English meanings.
Time limit: Set per paper in each session's official timetable; in Gaza's 2026 second session, Mathematics, Arabic and English lasted 2 hours and other papers 1.5 hours
Exam / certification fees: 120 ILS for regular school students; 200 ILS for private-study candidates Official sources

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Tawjihi Sharia Stream: Suggested Study Strategy

1Study from the Grade 12 MOEHE textbooks: the Fiqh paper covers contracts and transactions, not family law or worship.

2For each contract (sale, ijara, kafala, hawala, rahn), learn its definition, pillars and one worked example of what makes it void.

3Memorise the Grade 12 hadiths word for word in Arabic, together with the narrator, the source and two lessons from each.

4For tafsir, read Surat al-Nisa 1-31 with the textbook's explanation and be able to state the inheritance share in each verse.

5In Arabic, practise i'rab of short sentences and identify the meter of a verse from its prosodic transcription.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Palestinian Tawjihi Sharia Stream?

It is the Sharia Stream (الفرع الشرعي) of the Palestinian General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, the Grade 12 school-leaving exam run by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. Its specialised papers are Fiqh, Hadith and Quran and its Sciences.

Which papers do Sharia Stream candidates sit?

The 2026 timetable had 10 papers in 8 subjects: English, Hadith, Arabic (two papers), Mathematics, Fiqh, Information Technology, Quran and its Sciences (two papers) and History.

What is the pass mark?

A candidate passes by scoring at least 50% of the maximum mark in every examined subject. Missing 50% in one or more subjects gives the result 'incomplete' (غير مستكمل), and the candidate must resit and pass those subjects.

How much does it cost to register?

For 2026 the fee was 120 ILS for regular school students and 200 ILS for private-study candidates.

Is this practice bank the official exam?

No. The official papers are in Arabic (except English) and are set by MOEHE. These 73 questions are an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation of Grade 12 Fiqh, Quran and its Sciences, Hadith and Arabic. They are not an official translation and do not reproduce ministry papers; always check rulings and texts against the Arabic textbooks.