Is it permissible for a female teacher to take sick leave to sit for master's exams if there is no other solution to avoid unlawful absence from work and the resulting deduction from salary?
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It is not permissible to defraud the work system by taking sick leave without being ill in order to take exams, because Allah Almighty says: "O you who have believed, do not consume one another's wealth unjustly," and because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever cheats is not one of us."
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