Writing down what comes to mind when a student forgets the answer
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Question:
This questioner says: When I am taking an exam in a religious subject, am I considered to be issuing a fatwa without knowledge if I forget the answer and write down what comes to mind?
Answer:
If, for example, I say that this is lawful or that this is forbidden, that is speaking about Allah without knowledge. I stop answering. If you are asked whether something is lawful or forbidden, and you have no knowledge of it, you stop. Say, "I do not know," and do not say, "This is lawful" or "This is forbidden,"[An-Nahl 16:116]. Or if you are asked about a matter of creed and you have no answer regarding that matter of creed, do not enter into it out of ignorance. However, if you are asked about matters that do not result in harm, neither in creed nor in declaring things lawful or forbidden, you may say, "I think you are saying..." Do not assert it; say, "I think the issue is such and such," or "I expect it to be such and such." Yes.
The presenter:
We will see to it,
This questioner says: When I am taking an exam in a religious subject, am I considered to be issuing a fatwa without knowledge if I forget the answer and write down what comes to mind?
Answer:
If, for example, I say that this is lawful or that this is forbidden, that is speaking about Allah without knowledge. I stop answering. If you are asked whether something is lawful or forbidden, and you have no knowledge of it, you stop. Say, "I do not know," and do not say, "This is lawful" or "This is forbidden,"
And do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful,"
وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هَٰذَا حَلَالٌ وَهَٰذَا حَرَامٌThe presenter:
We will see to it,
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، تتمة باب ما جاء في الفتن — islamhouse.com (1:05:26)
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