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What is the ruling on forging a document required for employment if the possibility of obtaining the job depends on it?

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The ruling on that is that it is deception and fraud, and it is not permissible. There has been a severe warning reported concerning it, from which the bodies of believers shiver. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever cheats is not of me."

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