The Ruling on Demoting a Student's Grade Due to Misconduct
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The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: You know, Honorable Shaykh, the Ministry of Education has decided against hitting students, which has left the teacher with no means of punishment other than deducting points from participation, mercy, and assignments when a student is misbehaving. The question is: Is it permissible to deduct points from a student as a result of bad behavior, given that the Ministry does not approve of this deduction?
The Shaykh:
That is what the question means.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah keep you safe: You know the Ministry of Education’s decision against hitting students, which has left the teacher with no means of punishment other than deducting points from participation and assignments when a student is causing trouble. Is it permissible to deduct points from students as a result of bad behavior, given that the Ministry does not approve of this deduction?
The Shaykh:
The grades are based on the answer, and it is not permissible to reduce them if his answer is correct; that would be injustice to him. The grades are based on the answer; he is given the grades he deserves. As for disciplining him, if the Ministry of Education has prevented him from disciplining the student, then it falls to the system, and the responsibility lies with the ministers. It falls to the system, and he does not hit him, and the responsibility lies with the ministers. As for injustice, it is not permissible for him to wrong the student and delete something from his grades that he deserves. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
May Allah keep you safe, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: You know, Honorable Shaykh, the Ministry of Education has decided against hitting students, which has left the teacher with no means of punishment other than deducting points from participation, mercy, and assignments when a student is misbehaving. The question is: Is it permissible to deduct points from a student as a result of bad behavior, given that the Ministry does not approve of this deduction?
The Shaykh:
That is what the question means.
The questioner:
He says, may Allah keep you safe: You know the Ministry of Education’s decision against hitting students, which has left the teacher with no means of punishment other than deducting points from participation and assignments when a student is causing trouble. Is it permissible to deduct points from students as a result of bad behavior, given that the Ministry does not approve of this deduction?
The Shaykh:
The grades are based on the answer, and it is not permissible to reduce them if his answer is correct; that would be injustice to him. The grades are based on the answer; he is given the grades he deserves. As for disciplining him, if the Ministry of Education has prevented him from disciplining the student, then it falls to the system, and the responsibility lies with the ministers. It falls to the system, and he does not hit him, and the responsibility lies with the ministers. As for injustice, it is not permissible for him to wrong the student and delete something from his grades that he deserves. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 26 — archive.org (20:00)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.