Are the money and gifts received by a person after their success through cheating unlawful, given that they later retook the exam and achieved a lower score without cheating?
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These funds and gifts are permissible, and there is no harm for the person to benefit from them, because the givers did not stipulate that he obtain the certificate without cheating; rather, they gifted him due to his success in obtaining the certificate.
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