0490.1.17.07 — I4.2 The observance of the fast of Ramadan.: past paper questions
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- 0490/02 · Specimen 2025 · Q5a(ii)[4]
Describe how fasting is practised in Islam.
See it on the paper → - 0490/22 · October/November 2025 · Q4a(i)[2]
Give two groups of people who do not have to fast during Ramadan.
See it on the paper → - 0490/22 · October/November 2025 · Q4b[6]
Explain why observing festivals is significant to Muslim communities.
See it on the paper → - 0490/22 · October/November 2025 · Q4c[8]
Evaluate whether fasting is only important to the Muslim who fasts. You must refer to Islam in your answer. Your response should consider different points of view when you evaluate the question.
See it on the paper → - 0490/23 · October/November 2025 · Q4b[6]
Explain why observing the fast of Ramadan is important to Muslims.
See it on the paper → - 0490/23 · October/November 2023 · Q4b[7]
Explain how the poor are remembered during celebrations in Islam.
See it on the paper → - 0490/23 · October/November 2023 · Q6a[7]
Describe the giving and the use of zakah.
See it on the paper → - 0490/12 · October/November 2021 · Q4a[3]
is Lailat ul-Qadr (Night of Power)?
See it on the paper → - 0490/13 · October/November 2021 · Q4a(ii)[5]
Describe how Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan.
See it on the paper → - 0490/23 · October/November 2020 · Q4a[7]
Describe the observance of the fast during Ramadan.
See it on the paper → - 0490/23 · October/November 2020 · Q4c[6]
‘Fasting only benefits the person who is doing it.’ Discuss this statement. Give your own opinion and show that you have thought about other points of view. You must refer to Islam in your answer.
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What examiners said
Responses were generally familiar with the fact that Muslims endeavour to include the poor in all celebrations. Less well established were the ways in which this is done. Many responses did know that during certain rituals, meat is shared with the poor. Stronger responses knew other ways in which the poor are remembered. For example, mention was made of special collections in the mosque which are...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0490/23 Q4(b) (Cambridge)
Most candidates were aware of what zakah is. Many were able to give a good account of the fact that zakah is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, thus making the giving of zakah compulsory. Stronger responses knew that it is an act in accordance with a Sunnah of Muhammad (pbuh.) Fewer candidates knew how zakah can and cannot be used. An example of how it can be used is to help someone out of debt. An...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0490/23 Q6(a) (Cambridge)
Most responses began with the observation that the fast is broken and then listed some generic forms of celebration. Id ul-Fitr and the specific Islamic customs associated with it were rarely mentioned.
— Examiner report, October/November 2021, 0490/13 Q4(a)(ii) (Cambridge)
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