What is the ruling on a teacher hitting students?
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a teacher to hit his student?
Answer:
The teacher is an educator, and it is permissible for him to hit his student. Only to the extent of the need. This is disciplinary hitting, which is permissible for the father, permissible for the teacher, and permissible for the one in authority to hit the wrongdoer until he is disciplined. But the hitting must not be severe; it is not harsh hitting, but rather hitting that serves as discipline for the one who errs, so that he knows the punishment and avoids the error. So the teacher has the authority to hit. Yes.
The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a teacher to hit his student?
Answer:
The teacher is an educator, and it is permissible for him to hit his student. Only to the extent of the need. This is disciplinary hitting, which is permissible for the father, permissible for the teacher, and permissible for the one in authority to hit the wrongdoer until he is disciplined. But the hitting must not be severe; it is not harsh hitting, but rather hitting that serves as discipline for the one who errs, so that he knows the punishment and avoids the error. So the teacher has the authority to hit. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم ضرب المعلم للتلاميذ؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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