WAEC Islamic Religious Studies (IRS) 2025 Objective — Question 7

Question 7 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Islamic Religious Studies (IRS) 2025 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

All the statements below are true about al-Bukhari except that he

A. travelled to Egypt to collect Hadith
B. had a retentive memory
C. was born in 194 A.H.
D. mastered Hadith at the age of sixteenCorrect

Explanation

What is recorded of him at the age of sixteen is that he performed Hajj, not that he had mastered Hadith.

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