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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Cheating in Exams and Inflating Students' Grades

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Question:
He says: I looked at my classmate's paper during the exams and took some information from him, then I regretted it. His other question is: Some professors give an extra two or three points and say this is for the parents. Is that permissible?

Answer:
As for looking at your classmate and taking the answer from him, this is cheating. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever cheats us is not one of us.من غشنا فليس منا
Sunan Ibn Majah 2225Da'if (Darussalam)
. A student of knowledge is more in need of avoiding cheating. So you must repent to Allah and not return to such a thing. As for the teacher, it is not permissible for the teacher to do this. The teacher is a judge, and it is obligatory for him to be just between the students. He must not increase anyone beyond what they deserve, nor decrease anyone from what they deserve. It is obligatory for him to be just in his judgment.
This is not a gift for the parents. This is reprehensible joking. This harms the parents because this is cheating, and it is not permissible. It is also a betrayal of trust. The teacher is entrusted with a trust, so if he favors some students, this is a betrayal, and it carries sin. It does not benefit the parents. If he wants to benefit his parents, he should give charity from his own money, from his own coins. He should give charity from what he has. The parents are not to be given charity from the rights of people. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-031-الشتاء وما فيه من النعم|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (52:57)

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