Is it permissible for a teacher to take from some students items that may be valuable, which they are playing with in the classroom during the explanation, and make them the property of the school?
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The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : Is it permissible for a teacher to take from some students items that may be valuable, which they are playing with in the classroom during the explanation, and make them the property of the school?
The Shaykh : Yes, this is based on the permissibility of punishment by taking money. Some scholars say that it is not permissible to punish by taking money at all, except where there is an explicit text. Others say that punishment by taking money is permissible. This is the stronger position. However, if the teacher finds something among the students that they are playing with, and he has warned them—for example, on the blackboard or on a sign or otherwise—that anyone who brings something to play with will have it confiscated, then in that case he may confiscate it. But if the item is valuable and the student is poor—for example—then it should be kept safe in the school, and at the end of the year it should be handed over to the student or his guardian. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is based on the permissibility of punishment by taking money. Some scholars say that it is not permissible to punish by taking money at all, except where there is an explicit text. Others say that punishment by taking money is permissible. This is the stronger position. However, if the teacher finds something among the students that they are playing with, and he has warned them—for example, on the blackboard or on a sign or otherwise—that anyone who brings something to play with will have it confiscated, then in that case he may confiscate it. But if the item is valuable and the student is poor—for example—then it should be kept safe in the school, and at the end of the year it should be handed over to the student or his guardian. Yes.