The Ruling on a Student Taking an Answer She Heard by Chance in the Examination Hall
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Question:
The questioner says: A student in the examination hall hears an answer offered from outside the hall, and she did not intend it, nor did she arrange for it. Is she permitted to take this answer onto her examination paper?
Answer:
My brother, the student: if he knows the answer, he answers it himself. If he does not know the answer, he does not answer with someone else’s words. This is cheating. The purpose of the examination is to find out whether he knows and understands, or whether he does not. The purpose is not merely the presence of the answer; the purpose is to find out whether he is proficient and understands the lesson, or not. Yes.
The questioner says: A student in the examination hall hears an answer offered from outside the hall, and she did not intend it, nor did she arrange for it. Is she permitted to take this answer onto her examination paper?
Answer:
My brother, the student: if he knows the answer, he answers it himself. If he does not know the answer, he does not answer with someone else’s words. This is cheating. The purpose of the examination is to find out whether he knows and understands, or whether he does not. The purpose is not merely the presence of the answer; the purpose is to find out whether he is proficient and understands the lesson, or not. Yes.
Source
كلمات رمضانية(مسجد فيحاء)17-09-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (26:50)
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