Helping the failing student by adding grades
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: I am a teacher at one of the secondary schools, and in the exam the student failed,
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
at one of the secondary schools, and in the exam the student failed and was short by four grades, and the system prohibits adding these grades, especially in the Islamic subjects, so is it permissible to help the student so that he passes with these grades without payment by answering the questions?
The Shaykh:
This is not help. If you give him something he does not deserve, you have cheated him, because you passed him when he is not a passer. This is cheating, not help. It is not permissible for you except that you be just and give the student only what he deserves, even if he fails. Give him what he deserves, even if he fails. This is trust, yes. And if he fails and strives afterwards and pays attention, that is better for you than if you pass him through cheating and then he becomes lax in his studies afterwards, yes. So this is not from help, nor from advice, but rather it is from cheating and betrayal of trust, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: I am a teacher at one of the secondary schools, and in the exam the student failed,
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
at one of the secondary schools, and in the exam the student failed and was short by four grades, and the system prohibits adding these grades, especially in the Islamic subjects, so is it permissible to help the student so that he passes with these grades without payment by answering the questions?
The Shaykh:
This is not help. If you give him something he does not deserve, you have cheated him, because you passed him when he is not a passer. This is cheating, not help. It is not permissible for you except that you be just and give the student only what he deserves, even if he fails. Give him what he deserves, even if he fails. This is trust, yes. And if he fails and strives afterwards and pays attention, that is better for you than if you pass him through cheating and then he becomes lax in his studies afterwards, yes. So this is not from help, nor from advice, but rather it is from cheating and betrayal of trust, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 075 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الفرائض / ميراث المفقود / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:12:27)
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