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The ruling on compelling students to sing the national anthem in schools

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Question:
This is a woman asking. She says: Currently, in the schools, we are required to sing the national anthem every morning along with the school radio broadcast, and it is never skipped. Before this, we heard that it is not permissible to persist with a specific thing so that it does not become a habit, whether it is from the Qur'an, the hadith, or the anthem, if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order it or practice it from the Qur'an and the Sunnah? And is persisting with that considered a bid'ah (religious innovation)? What is its ruling, may Allah protect you?

Answer:
First, it is obligatory for the responsible officials to fear Allah and not compel students to do something that is not permissible. If something new, whether an idea or a thing, is intended to be presented, it is to be presented to the scholars of knowledge. What they approve is to be accepted, and what they reject is to be rejected. It is obligatory to refer to the scholars of knowledge regarding curricula and other matters, curricula and other matters, and the field is not to be left to the ignorant, or to people with malicious intent, or to people who do not have zeal for their religion and their creed. These matters must be presented to the scholars of knowledge. This is the duty of the responsible officials, may Allah make them firm.
Second, regarding individuals, if this act is not compulsory, a person can leave it; he leaves it and does not participate in it. Yes.
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