You said, may Allah preserve you, that a person who cheats in an exam and obtains a certificate, the money he receives from that certificate is not lawful.
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The questioner : The questioner says, honorableThe Shaykh : You said, may Allah preserve you, that a person who cheats in an exam and obtains a certificate, the money he receives from that certificate is not lawful. He said: I took up a job based on a fraudulent certificate, but after I started working in this job, I learned through practice and became, meaning, able to work in it proficiently?
The Shaykh : We did not say that the salary is forbidden. Yes, I held back on this, and there is a difference between a person who says it is forbidden and a person who holds back. The reason for my holding back is that the government established this salary on the condition of graduating with a valid certificate, and he did not graduate with a valid certificate. So we hold back on the permissibility of a salary based on a forged certificate. Yes. He retakes the exam and it is finished.
The Shaykh : We did not say that the salary is forbidden. Yes, I held back on this, and there is a difference between a person who says it is forbidden and a person who holds back. The reason for my holding back is that the government established this salary on the condition of graduating with a valid certificate, and he did not graduate with a valid certificate. So we hold back on the permissibility of a salary based on a forged certificate. Yes. He retakes the exam and it is finished.