Is it Islamically permissible to forge a certificate of experience for employment after the manager refused to issue it, knowing that the teacher actually worked for two years and needs the job?
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If it is not possible to obtain a certificate of experience from the school, it is permissible to resort to stratagem, as long as it does not harm others. This is because obtaining the certificate is a right, and lying is permissible only for reconciling people, in war, and between a husband and wife. It is also permissible for every praiseworthy objective that cannot be achieved except through it. A condition for this permissibility is that the work in teaching must be permissible, along with adherence to Islamic dress and the avoidance of ostentatious display (tabarruj) and mixing (ikhtilat).
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