A teacher accepting a gift from a student to please him
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a student refuses to give a gift to his teacher, and the teacher takes it to please the student, and he intends in his heart to give him a better gift in return, is this permissible?
Answer:
It is not befitting to open this door, and it is not befitting for the teacher to accept gifts; rather, he should count them and not seek to please anyone with them, because this is not permissible. One does not seek to please anyone with something unless it is permissible. This is a rank, gifts for workers, gifts for teachers and employees; this is a rank that is not to be completed. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a student refuses to give a gift to his teacher, and the teacher takes it to please the student, and he intends in his heart to give him a better gift in return, is this permissible?
Answer:
It is not befitting to open this door, and it is not befitting for the teacher to accept gifts; rather, he should count them and not seek to please anyone with them, because this is not permissible. One does not seek to please anyone with something unless it is permissible. This is a rank, gifts for workers, gifts for teachers and employees; this is a rank that is not to be completed. Yes.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [51] — alfawzan.live (1:20:29)
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