A student in one of the Shari'ah colleges has a classmate who missed the exams due to sleeping, and sleeping is not an acceptable excuse in the college, so he advised him to bring
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The questioner : A student in one of the Shari'ah colleges has a classmate who missed the exams due to sleeping, and sleeping is not an acceptable excuse in the college, so he advised him to bring a medical excuse so that he could take the exam and not carry this subject, knowing that carrying it causes a drop in his cumulative grade, especially since we are on the verge of graduation. However, this classmate refused on the grounds that it is cheating, lying, and contrary to the regulations. I convinced him to bring the excuse, knowing that many students do this on the basis that sleeping is an acceptable excuse. What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view regarding this?
The Shaykh : This suggestion from you is forbidden, and you have cheated your companion and led him into ruin. But by the grace of Allah, he did not accept it from you, and congratulations to him for rejecting this forbidden suggestion. It is obligatory for a person to be truthful, clear, and frank so that he may be blessed in his work. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1532a That is, the seller and the buyer have the option as long as they remain in the assembly. If they tell the truth and make things clear, they will be blessed in their sale. If they lie and conceal, the blessing of their sale will be wiped out.
So it is obligatory for students to be frank and speak the truth, whether it is against them or in their favor, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:135].
And beware, O brother, of doing such a thing. Rather, it was your duty to forbid the one who intended to do so, lest he fall into cheating, lying, and deception.
The Shaykh : This suggestion from you is forbidden, and you have cheated your companion and led him into ruin. But by the grace of Allah, he did not accept it from you, and congratulations to him for rejecting this forbidden suggestion. It is obligatory for a person to be truthful, clear, and frank so that he may be blessed in his work. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Both parties in a business transaction have the right to annul it so long as they have not separated; and if they speak the truth and make everything clear they will be blessed in their transaction
البيعان بالخيار فإن صدقا وبينا بورك لهما في بيعهماSo it is obligatory for students to be frank and speak the truth, whether it is against them or in their favor, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah, even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives
يا أيها الذي آمنوا كونوا قوامين بالقسط شهداء لله ولو على أنفسكم أو الوالدين والأقربينAnd beware, O brother, of doing such a thing. Rather, it was your duty to forbid the one who intended to do so, lest he fall into cheating, lying, and deception.