The Ruling on a University Degree Based on Cheating
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The questioner:
Your Eminence, Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve you). A question was received for the program: A person graduated from university, and in all his exams he was cheating, but after graduating he repented and turned to Allah, and he wants to know the status of his degree.
The Shaykh:
If the university degree is forged and not valid, then it is not acted upon, because it is a false degree. He must clarify the reality and retake the exam, and obtain the degree through a valid exam and a proper method. Yes.
The questioner:
And if that is difficult for him, because he says he cheated in all his exams.
The Shaykh:
Even if it is difficult for him, he repeats the final year of study and retakes the exam, and builds upon a sound foundation. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Your Eminence, Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve you). A question was received for the program: A person graduated from university, and in all his exams he was cheating, but after graduating he repented and turned to Allah, and he wants to know the status of his degree.
The Shaykh:
If the university degree is forged and not valid, then it is not acted upon, because it is a false degree. He must clarify the reality and retake the exam, and obtain the degree through a valid exam and a proper method. Yes.
The questioner:
And if that is difficult for him, because he says he cheated in all his exams.
The Shaykh:
Even if it is difficult for him, he repeats the final year of study and retakes the exam, and builds upon a sound foundation. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7481 — youtube.com (14:46)
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