What is the ruling on deducting a reward from students if they smoke?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I am a teacher in one of the educational institutions, and we monitor the students. If we find one smoking, we deduct from his reward. The phenomenon of smoking has decreased. Is there anything wrong with this action?
Answer:
This is good. Meaning, checking on the students and preventing them from smoking is a good action. The deduction from them falls under the issue of whether financial punishment is permissible or not. The correct view is that it is permissible if it deters the violator; financial punishment is permissible.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I am a teacher in one of the educational institutions, and we monitor the students. If we find one smoking, we deduct from his reward. The phenomenon of smoking has decreased. Is there anything wrong with this action?
Answer:
This is good. Meaning, checking on the students and preventing them from smoking is a good action. The deduction from them falls under the issue of whether financial punishment is permissible or not. The correct view is that it is permissible if it deters the violator; financial punishment is permissible.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم خصم مكافأة من الطلاب إذا قاموا بالتدخين؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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