Getting marks for test without taking it

3-1-2018 | IslamWeb

Question:

Yesterday, I went to do the examination of microbiology. Our respected teacher asked questions to all of the students except for me. Am I accountable for this? I was trying to keep away from his sight by hiding behind students, but he passed my exam by giving me 7 out of 10. Is l this considered cheating? Will this make my earning haram?
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

If the teacher gave you this mark unjustly, then you should go to him and inform him that he did not ask you anything in the test, because if you do not do so, then you are considered a cheater.

However, if the teacher gave you this mark with just cause, because the evaluation of students is not limited to asking questions to the students, and it was due to other criteria that he noticed in you, then, in that case you are not a cheater and there is no sin on you for the marks which he gave you.

In any case, if you obtain the certificate and used it to got a permissible job and you do the job as required, then your earning is lawful, Allah willing. For more benefit, please refer to fatwa 355567.

Allah knows best.

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