Recording violations for students at the school, and erasing them for those who maintain the Sunnah of the Dhuhr prayer: What is the ruling on this?
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The questioner:
Yes. Peace be upon you. May Allah keep you in good health, Shaykh Abdul Aziz. Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. We have a secondary school here, Shaykh. The students are adults, Shaykh. We record violations for the students, Shaykh, such as being late for class, being late for the assembly, and other violations. Then we tell the students that we see maintaining the regular Sunnah of the Dhuhr prayer, we erase these violations. What is the ruling on this action, Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
I say, we tell the students that we see maintaining the Sunnah of Dhuhr in the school prayer area, we erase some of the violations recorded against them, in order to encourage them to perform the Sunnah, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Fear of something.
The questioner:
For example, if he is late for class, we record that he was late on the twenty-eighth, eleven times for class, and if it becomes frequent, he might lose
The Shaykh:
the instructions you have from the Ministry or the school.
The questioner:
But using this to encourage them to the Sunnah, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
No, it is in the instructions you have.
The questioner:
One thousand four hundred and twenty.
Yes. Peace be upon you. May Allah keep you in good health, Shaykh Abdul Aziz. Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. We have a secondary school here, Shaykh. The students are adults, Shaykh. We record violations for the students, Shaykh, such as being late for class, being late for the assembly, and other violations. Then we tell the students that we see maintaining the regular Sunnah of the Dhuhr prayer, we erase these violations. What is the ruling on this action, Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
I say, we tell the students that we see maintaining the Sunnah of Dhuhr in the school prayer area, we erase some of the violations recorded against them, in order to encourage them to perform the Sunnah, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Fear of something.
The questioner:
For example, if he is late for class, we record that he was late on the twenty-eighth, eleven times for class, and if it becomes frequent, he might lose
The Shaykh:
the instructions you have from the Ministry or the school.
The questioner:
But using this to encourage them to the Sunnah, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
No, it is in the instructions you have.
The questioner:
One thousand four hundred and twenty.
Source
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