Can We Take Money From Coaching Centres to Promote Them Without Having Studied There?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
I have a doubt; I live in India, and whenever the results of any big examination come out, like engineering or MBBS, toppers are paid money from different coaching centers to promote their coaching and say to everyone that they have studied from this coaching center but in reality, they did not. So, is that money halal? The students did hard work, so can he take the money and lie that they studied at that coaching center?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health.
If a student has achieved excellent exam results and is offered money from a coaching center to promote them even without studying at the coaching center, it would be considered deception and lying to accept any money. Taking money without studying is deceptive and dishonest, especially for aspirant students looking for good coaching centers.
Believers Have Many Temperaments, Except Lying and Dishonesty
Abdur Rahman Ibn Yazid (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Abdullah Ibn Mas‘ud (Allah be pleased with him) said, “The believer may have all kinds of natural dispositions flowing throughout himself, except for treachery and dishonesty.”
[Ibn Abi Shayba, Al-Iman]
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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
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Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
