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Is money earned from a university grant permissible (halal) or forbidden (haram) if the required training period is not actually completed, and instead, only papers are signed to obtain grades?

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The applicant is not entitled to the grant because its condition has not been met, as the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Muslims are bound by their conditions." If he has already taken it, he must return it to the university by any means, even as a donation.

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