What is the religious ruling if some students' answers in exam papers are corrected at the request of the employer, and what is the ruling if the student was failing?
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It is not permissible to correct students' answers in tests, whether the student has failed or passed, because that constitutes cheating and a betrayal of trust. There is no obedience to a creature in disobedience to the Creator. The Permanent Committee has issued a stating that supervisors dictating answers to students is cheating, betrayal, and unlawful, due to the generality of the : "Whoever cheats us is not of us." Ibn Uthaymeen mentioned that a student should report a teacher who tells him the answer to the administration.
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