What is the ruling on cheating in exams?

Question:
The question now before us, which we received from the listener (A. M. S), says: Is it permissible to cheat in the exam, given that we have started a new academic year?
May Allah guide you and reward you.

Answer:
Cheating in the exam is not permissible; this is a mistake; because he pretends to be successful when he is not successful; so he harms the Muslims.
Also, it is a betrayal of trust, and he may surpass others through lying, so all of this is not permissible. Cheating in the exam is absolutely not permissible, not in a core subject, nor in another secondary subject, nor in the language subject, nor in the religion subject, nor in the English language subject, nor anything else. Cheating is never permissible. Rather, he must strive and be diligent until he succeeds, and he has no right to cheat.
Nor should the teachers be lenient with him in this, or allow him to cheat, as some people do, as has reached us. The teacher has no right to do that. Rather, he must advise the student to strive until he succeeds in the exam with a true success, not a cheated one. And Allah is the One to be sought for help.