1) Widespread instances of omens in the world include:

1. horseshoe and knocking on wood.
2. spilled salt and horseshoe.
3. crucifix and horseshoe.
4. spilled salt and breaking a mirror.

2) Why is tiyarah forbidden?

1. It misplaces trust – the worship of the heart.
2. Birds can be right or wrong.
3. Because it is an old Arabic custom no longer valid.
4. None of the above.

3) What is true of omens?

1. Each culture has their own omens, but the underlying shirk in all of them is same.
2. Western omens cannot be forbidden because they were unknown to the Prophet.
3. Some powerful omens do bring good luck and keep bad luck away.
4. None of the above.

4) What omens are permissible in Islam?

1. Western omens that were unknown to the Prophet.
2. Only those which have proven to bring good luck always.
3. Only ones own cultural omens.
4. None of the above.

5) What does tiyarah mean in the Arabic language?

1. Traveling in the direction of birds.
2. Taking omen from the direction in which birds fly.
3. Leaving the house if birds fly over it.
4. All of the above.