What is permissible for students to cooperate in during their studies?
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Question:
May Allah increase your rewards. This is a student: she says that the teacher placed a trust upon us, asking us about it on the Day of Resurrection, which is that we must not give another student our personal effort so that each student learns to solve the homework by herself. And on the second day: some of my classmates came to me wanting me to write an essay about Islam for them in the English language subject, and this is the trust the teacher charged us with. By Allah, Satan—may Allah curse him—made me forget that trust, and I started writing for them. So, is there a sin on me, knowing that I was forgetful? And if I inform the teacher of this, she will not forgive me. Does she have the right to do that, or what?
Answer:
Cooperation among the students is a right; cooperation among the students in benefiting, researching, and discussing. As for something secret, like questions where they are ordered not to reveal the answer so that each student strives, do not tell her. Let her strive, research, ask, and strive.
As for general research among them in matters of knowledge and for gaining benefit, this is a right. But the secret questions, which you know are secret, it is not permissible for each one to inform the other; because if she informs her and becomes lax, the student will not care, not strive, and not research, but will imitate others. So, it is obligatory to leave her to research and strive.
As for general research among them, the general study among them, each one should strive to make her sister understand what may be obscure to her, and to strive in advising her, guiding her, teaching her the appropriate research: in such-and-such book, in such-and-such book, and the like of cooperation.
As for something secret that you know is secret and that the teachers informed you is secret; do not tell her, and each one should strive.
Does a sin result from it, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: As long as she was forgetful, it does not harm her,[Al-Baqarah 2:286].
May Allah increase your rewards. This is a student: she says that the teacher placed a trust upon us, asking us about it on the Day of Resurrection, which is that we must not give another student our personal effort so that each student learns to solve the homework by herself. And on the second day: some of my classmates came to me wanting me to write an essay about Islam for them in the English language subject, and this is the trust the teacher charged us with. By Allah, Satan—may Allah curse him—made me forget that trust, and I started writing for them. So, is there a sin on me, knowing that I was forgetful? And if I inform the teacher of this, she will not forgive me. Does she have the right to do that, or what?
Answer:
Cooperation among the students is a right; cooperation among the students in benefiting, researching, and discussing. As for something secret, like questions where they are ordered not to reveal the answer so that each student strives, do not tell her. Let her strive, research, ask, and strive.
As for general research among them in matters of knowledge and for gaining benefit, this is a right. But the secret questions, which you know are secret, it is not permissible for each one to inform the other; because if she informs her and becomes lax, the student will not care, not strive, and not research, but will imitate others. So, it is obligatory to leave her to research and strive.
As for general research among them, the general study among them, each one should strive to make her sister understand what may be obscure to her, and to strive in advising her, guiding her, teaching her the appropriate research: in such-and-such book, in such-and-such book, and the like of cooperation.
As for something secret that you know is secret and that the teachers informed you is secret; do not tell her, and each one should strive.
Does a sin result from it, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh: As long as she was forgetful, it does not harm her,
Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred.
ربنا لا تؤاخذنا إن نسينا أو أخطأنا
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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