In the study curriculum, it is written: “Allah is everywhere.” How should students answer this question in the exam?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A teacher in our country taught the students that Allah is in the sky, above the Throne, and that He rose above it. But when the students asked him how they should answer in the exam? Because the curriculum that is... He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A teacher in our country taught the students that Allah is in the sky, above the Throne, and that He rose above it,
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
But when the students asked him how they should answer in the exam? Because their curriculum says Allah is everywhere, he told them: Your answer should be as in the curriculum: Allah is everywhere. But your conviction is that Allah is above the Throne, in the sky. What is the guidance regarding this teacher? May Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The guidance is that they write what is in the curriculum. They say: The curriculum says so, and this is an error and misguidance, and the truth is so and so. They say this in the exam paper: they mention what is in the book verbatim, and they say the truth and the right is so and so. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A teacher in our country taught the students that Allah is in the sky, above the Throne, and that He rose above it. But when the students asked him how they should answer in the exam? Because the curriculum that is... He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A teacher in our country taught the students that Allah is in the sky, above the Throne, and that He rose above it,
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
But when the students asked him how they should answer in the exam? Because their curriculum says Allah is everywhere, he told them: Your answer should be as in the curriculum: Allah is everywhere. But your conviction is that Allah is above the Throne, in the sky. What is the guidance regarding this teacher? May Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The guidance is that they write what is in the curriculum. They say: The curriculum says so, and this is an error and misguidance, and the truth is so and so. They say this in the exam paper: they mention what is in the book verbatim, and they say the truth and the right is so and so. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [334 -1024] في مقرر الدراسة كتب: إن الله في كل مكان، فكيف يجيب الطلاب في الامتحان على هذا السؤال؟ — youtube.com
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