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Is telling someone that 300 Dirhams have been paid – when they haven't been paid in full – considered a lie, knowing that the intention was based on an agreement? And is intervening in a financial dispute between two parties, and stipulating the memorization of the Holy Quran in exchange for forgiving a debt, considered a tribulation and a trial, especially since one of the parties is a mosque Imam and is related to the family?

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The greatest temptation for men is women, and what the questioner mentioned about this young man knowing her and her family is not proof of innocence from temptation; rather, it is one of Satan's stratagems. Regarding the subject of the question, what was mentioned about the brother's friend giving him 300 dirhams if he succeeds in the exam is a promise. The majority of scholars have held that fulfilling a promise is recommended but not obligatory, while some scholars have maintained that fulfilling it is absolutely obligatory. Some scholars have offered a detailed view, which is closer to correctness: if the promisee entered into something because of the promise, and would suffer harm if it were retracted, then fulfilling it becomes obligatory; otherwise, it is not obligatory, but remains recommended.

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