Dealing with the student who cheats in the exam
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Teachers find it difficult to deal with the situation of their students regarding not cheating, for example, in the exam, even though the teacher sees that the student has done so, such as looking back or looking at another’s paper. What should be done, may Allah preserve you, in such a case? Because this causes us great difficulty between this hadith and the knowledge we have obtained that he has cheated?
Answer:
If you have ascertained that he is indeed deceiving, then prevent him from deceiving, prevent him from looking around, and prevent him from sitting in the close seat. Assign him to a distant seat. If he lies or deceives, prevent him from lying and deceiving. The meaning is that if there is no indication that he is deceiving, or that he is doing reprehensible things and claiming it is an oath, no, it is not an oath. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, described the hypocrites:[Al-Mujadila 58:14], they conceal the lie while they know it, and He did not command us to believe them. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: [Al-Munafiqun 63:1] It is not permissible to believe them. We see their actions and their conduct. This applies only to disputes in which nothing is apparent, or transactions in which no violation is apparent; in such cases, you attribute truthfulness to them. But if you see that he is in violation, and you see his actions and his conduct are in violation of the oath, then do not believe his oath. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Teachers find it difficult to deal with the situation of their students regarding not cheating, for example, in the exam, even though the teacher sees that the student has done so, such as looking back or looking at another’s paper. What should be done, may Allah preserve you, in such a case? Because this causes us great difficulty between this hadith and the knowledge we have obtained that he has cheated?
Answer:
If you have ascertained that he is indeed deceiving, then prevent him from deceiving, prevent him from looking around, and prevent him from sitting in the close seat. Assign him to a distant seat. If he lies or deceives, prevent him from lying and deceiving. The meaning is that if there is no indication that he is deceiving, or that he is doing reprehensible things and claiming it is an oath, no, it is not an oath. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, described the hypocrites:
nor of them, and they swear to untruth while they know [they are lying].
مِنْهُمْ وَيَحْلِفُونَ عَلَى الْكَذِبِ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَWhen the hypocrites come to you, [O Muhammad], they say, "We testify that you are the Messenger of Allah." And Allah knows that you are His Messenger, and Allah testifies that the hypocrites are liars.
إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ قَالُوا نَشْهَدُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُهُ وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَكَاذِبُونَ
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [46] — alfawzan.live (1:05:28)
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