Guiding Parents on Exam Days and the Ruling on Stimulants
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The questioner:
He says: Some negative phenomena and some forbidden things, such as stimulants and others, are spreading during exam days. Also, some children are delayed, and some parents neglect their children. What is your guidance on this?
The Shaykh:
Parents must prepare their children and keep them in check, because this is in their interest. They should not neglect them; they should monitor them at home and bring them to the exam so that they do not miss any part of it. It is obligatory for the guardians of young and minor students to take care of them during the exam, because they do not realize the harms that result from neglecting the exam. So they must monitor their children. As for taking stimulants, he says:
The questioner:
Yes, stimulants.
The Shaykh:
The stimulants that...
The questioner:
Stimulant pills.
The Shaykh:
If they harm the health or the mind, they are not permissible. Stimulants that harm the health or the mind are not permissible, neither in exams nor in anything else. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He says: Some negative phenomena and some forbidden things, such as stimulants and others, are spreading during exam days. Also, some children are delayed, and some parents neglect their children. What is your guidance on this?
The Shaykh:
Parents must prepare their children and keep them in check, because this is in their interest. They should not neglect them; they should monitor them at home and bring them to the exam so that they do not miss any part of it. It is obligatory for the guardians of young and minor students to take care of them during the exam, because they do not realize the harms that result from neglecting the exam. So they must monitor their children. As for taking stimulants, he says:
The questioner:
Yes, stimulants.
The Shaykh:
The stimulants that...
The questioner:
Stimulant pills.
The Shaykh:
If they harm the health or the mind, they are not permissible. Stimulants that harm the health or the mind are not permissible, neither in exams nor in anything else. 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 (56:31)
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