What is the ruling on using a website for exchanging educational files among university students, where some students upload past exams onto it, whether the professor has explicitly or implicitly allowed it, or the student has secretly photographed the exam without the professor's knowledge, and is it permissible for other students to benefit from these exams?
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The basic principle regarding the circulation of old exams is permissibility and the lawfulness of benefiting from them and distributing them, unless the supervising authorities prohibit it for a legitimate interest. The student should strive to seek knowledge, master it, and intend thereby to worship Allah Almighty.
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