The ruling on a teacher cheating a student in an exam
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We were in the exam, and the teacher came to us and told us the answer to a question, so I do not know if this falls under cheating or not?
If the teacher comes to you while you are in the exams and tells you the answer, it is obligatory for you to report his matter to the administration so that they can discipline him; because this, in reality, is a betrayal of the trust he was entrusted with. But is it permissible for you to take what he said? If you know that this answer is from your own knowledge, there is no harm and no problem; because you relied on your own information. But if you do not know, I hesitate in this,I might say: that it is permissible; because this is a provision that Allah has directed to you,And I might say: that it is not permissible; because it is based on cheating, so I am hesitant in this. But the important thing is that this man’s matter must be reported to the administration so that he receives his due. How can he rely on these students and then go and give them the answers?
The questioner: O Shaykh, if we report him to the administration, we will harm him, and the students are also the ones who will be harmed.
The Shaykh: He will be harmed, that is what we want.
The questioner: And the students will be harmed.
The Shaykh: They will not harm him, why?The questioner: This happened to us, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: It will never harm him. The problem is if the teacher denies it.
The questioner: If I know that there is harm for me.
The Shaykh: If you know that it will harm you, you are not required to report him (there is no harm and no reciprocating harm). But if he does not stop cheating, you must report him; because the one who cheats you cheats others. Then what is the benefit of exams if the teachers are cheating!
If the teacher comes to you while you are in the exams and tells you the answer, it is obligatory for you to report his matter to the administration so that they can discipline him; because this, in reality, is a betrayal of the trust he was entrusted with. But is it permissible for you to take what he said? If you know that this answer is from your own knowledge, there is no harm and no problem; because you relied on your own information. But if you do not know, I hesitate in this,I might say: that it is permissible; because this is a provision that Allah has directed to you,And I might say: that it is not permissible; because it is based on cheating, so I am hesitant in this. But the important thing is that this man’s matter must be reported to the administration so that he receives his due. How can he rely on these students and then go and give them the answers?
The questioner: O Shaykh, if we report him to the administration, we will harm him, and the students are also the ones who will be harmed.
The Shaykh: He will be harmed, that is what we want.
The questioner: And the students will be harmed.
The Shaykh: They will not harm him, why?The questioner: This happened to us, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: It will never harm him. The problem is if the teacher denies it.
The questioner: If I know that there is harm for me.
The Shaykh: If you know that it will harm you, you are not required to report him (there is no harm and no reciprocating harm). But if he does not stop cheating, you must report him; because the one who cheats you cheats others. Then what is the benefit of exams if the teachers are cheating!