The Ruling on a Student Giving a Gift to a Teacher
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. If a student gives a gift to a teacher, and the teacher accepts it to please the student, while he intends in his heart to give him a better gift in return, is this permissible?
The Shaykh:
It is not befitting to open this door, and it is not befitting for the teacher to accept gifts; rather, he should return them.
The questioner:
Or they should be cut off from this, because this is not permissible, it is not permissible.
The Shaykh:
What? Returning gifts to teachers and employees, this is a dispensation, a dispensation, yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. If a student gives a gift to a teacher, and the teacher accepts it to please the student, while he intends in his heart to give him a better gift in return, is this permissible?
The Shaykh:
It is not befitting to open this door, and it is not befitting for the teacher to accept gifts; rather, he should return them.
The questioner:
Or they should be cut off from this, because this is not permissible, it is not permissible.
The Shaykh:
What? Returning gifts to teachers and employees, this is a dispensation, a dispensation, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/82 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (15:30)
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