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What is the ruling on doing homework and evaluation tests for students, and writing reports and essays for them?

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We are a group of teachers working in a private school, which we are running and it is the source of our income. As we are sure you are aware, things have changed and students now learn online, and homework and tests are also done online. This means that students can now do their homework and their tests themselves, from the book, but these tests are limited to a particular time. We work doing homework and tests, and writing reports and essays, as this is becoming our only source of income these days in private schools. We heard that doing these tests is dubious and could be haraam, so we stopped doing it until our boss asked a shaykh about that, and he gave him a fatwa saying that it is permissible to do homework, evaluation tests, short tests and write reports and essays, so long as it is not the final exam, and that there is nothing wrong with that. Based on that, the boss forced us to carry on doing regular tests and homework, and writing reports and essays. We hope that you can advise us about this matter.

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Cheating in tests is haraam

Ruling on cheating in homework and evaluation tests.

Praise be to Allah.

The basic principle is that it is haraam to cheat in exams and the like, because of the report narrated by Muslim (102) from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever cheats is not of me.”

Doing tests or helping students to do them is deceiving the state, because the student receives his certificate on the basis of cheating and deceit, when he does not deserve it. In fact it is also deceiving the Muslims in general, because by means of deceit weak students will graduate and take jobs and positions for which they are not qualified.

With regard to doing homework, evaluation tests and short tests, it is deceiving the parents and educational supervisory committees, because homework is part of education that prepares students for the final exams, and helps them to understand the subject.

How can students be taught and how can the educational process be conducted properly on the basis of faulty evaluation?

How can students pay attention and take the educational process seriously in the first place, if there is no follow-up, and no homework that they should do, spend effort in doing and do it themselves?

If there was no benefit in homework and evaluation tests, the education system would not require them.

Based on that, what you are doing of doing the homework instead of the students is prohibited, and it comes under the heading of cheating or deceiving, which is a major sin.

For more information, please see the answers to the following questions:

• A company doing homework for students with the consent of the University
• Ruling on writing essays and dissertations and selling them to students
• Writing reports and essays for students or taking them from the Internet.

And Allah knows best.

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How to Get Started With Muslim Homeschooling

Muslim homeschooling is an increasingly popular way to educate children while honouring Islamic values and beliefs. It offers an alternative to traditional schooling and provides parents with the opportunity to support their children’s learning in line with their faith. However, it can seem like a huge decision and really overwhelming.  In this blog article, we explore Muslim homeschooling resources and tips to help you get started.

Identify Your Needs and Prioritize Your Goals.

Before getting started, it’s important to identify your needs and prioritize goals. Ask yourself what your priorities are in terms of instilling Islamic values, learning Arabic and Islamic studies, following a curriculum model or taking a less structured approach.  Are you looking to follow an established curriculum and just spend extra time on Islamic Studies?  What was your motivation for joining the Muslim homeschooling community?  Did you just want to remove your children from a harmful environment or were you passionate about making Islamic Studies the core focus of their education? Once you understand what you need from homeschooling, you can begin to look for resources that can provide the best learning environment for your children.

Research and seek advice about Muslim Homeschooling

In our deen we always begin with knowledge before action.  We need to know about prayer before we take action.  Learning about homeschooling and seeking advice from experienced Muslim homeschoolers is the first step in your Muslim homeschooling journey.  There are even courses and memberships offered by sisters to help you make your homeschool a success.  I would really recommend happymuslimhomeschool.com , Um Saleh offers lots of great advice for free on her website plus a brilliant course and membership that is well worth the investment.  Another great resource is aMuslimhomeschool.com Um Khadeeja has a lot of free resources on her blog, plus she offers her own Muslim homeschooling course and a parenting membership available at mumsunstuck.com . 

Craft your vision of Muslim Homeschooling

Sometimes it can be tempting (and quicker) to just take someone else’s plan and edit it to fit your needs.  When you build something from the ground up with your values and vision in mind it is not only an achievement but it is a perfect fit.  It’s the difference between buying a dress from a shop versus one that has been tailor-made just for you.  An example would be houses built with Muslim families in mind.  In Saudi, apartments have two front doors and are designed with a woman’s hijab in mind.  There are separate living rooms for men and women, sinks outside the guest bathroom for making wudhu easily and other features designed with Muslim lifestyle in mind.  It’s so much better than just importing a standard open plan apartment design. 

Muslim homeschooling can be a perfect fit for your family if you take time to really think about what you would like your days to look like.  Do you start at fajr?  Make Qur’an the first subject of the day?  Do you join a co-op to join forces with other Muslim homeschoolers and provide your kids with good company.  When you ask yourself these questions you can really build a homeschool that is perfect for your family.

Choose a Supporting Organization or Co-op.

Joining a homeschooling organization or co-op can provide invaluable support for you and your children.  There is a homeschool network here in Jeddah and even though I don’t make it to events, I benefit just from the whatsapp group. If there aren’t any Muslim homeschooling groups in your area, you can find online Islamic education classes for your kids to link up with other kids.  You could even start your own!  Experience isn’t essential, just link up with a couple of other families and plan some activities together inshaAllah.

Consider Homeschooling Regulatory Laws in Your Location. 

Homeschooling regulations really vary from country to country.  Check what is expected from you each year to make your Muslim homeschooling journey sustainable.

Make a Curriculum Plan for the Year Ahead.

Developing a curriculum plan for your Muslim homeschool can seem intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. First, start by researching available online resources. There are many different curricula options available but you want to be careful that they align with your values.  You can also use textbooks, general books and subscription sites like twinkl.  It was important to me to have resources in my homeschool that had Islamic content outside of Islamic Studies.  Examples include Islamic reading comprehensions and Muslim World Unit Studies .  Once you have your curriculum plan and found the relevant resources you can think about mapping out your year.  Thinking ahead to the school year, create monthly or weekly lesson plans to keep you organized and on track.  They don’t have to be very complicated, you can just assign topics to certain months or weeks and then page numbers of the resources you want to use.

Jump into Muslim Homeschooling

If you asked veteran homeschoolers they will likely tell you how much they have learned over the years.  You can’t know everything before you begin, experience really is the best teacher.  You’ll also work out what kind of homeschooler you are once you just dive in.  You might prefer structure at the beginning when you are getting started but feel happier with less structure once you gain confidence.  You’ll also work out what suits your children inshaAllah but only once you start.  So the best way to start is to purify your intention, say bismillah and begin!

Read these other blog posts about Muslim Homeschooling:

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Asalamu’alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu sis, barakhallahu feeki for the mention and support, it is much much appreciated. Your resources are also a wonderful contribution to the Muslim homeschool community as well as your blog posts which I thoroughly enjoy reading!

Wa feeki barakallah! I love your membership, it is so helpful for both new and veteran homeschoolers. Creating a space for homeschoolers to support each other and learn together is a wonderful legacy. Jazakallah khair!

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Baarakallahu Feeki. I’m new to homeschooling idea and loved going through your posts . I’m also in Jeddah and would love to be part of a supporting organisation upon Islam. Could you send me an invite to the WhatsApp group if the group allows it. Jazakillah khair.

Wa feeki barakallah. I’m so glad to hear you love the posts. I’ll e-mail you the details inshaAllah.

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what is the ruling for a student that refuses to share a difficult subject he knows and unable his fellow student to copy his assignment

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. The ruling on the non-cooperation of this student with his fellow students in copying his assignments and sharing his knowledge of the subject differs according to the accompanying circumstances. If helping his colleagues in this regard entails cheating and violating the school regulations or laziness and neglect on part of the other students in taking notes or doing their assignments on time, then this student did well by refusing to share with them because cheating is a reprehensible sin. It incurs grave evils on the individual, community and the nation as a whole. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, forbade cheating in all matters. He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: " He who cheats us is not one of us. " [Muslim] Another version of the Hadeeth also cited by Imaam Muslim reads: " He who cheats is not of me . " If students cheated on their assignments or exams, then what would be the point of doing them? Cheating makes the lazy unqualified student pass at the expense of the diligent qualified student. Indeed, this is plain injustice and it goes against the common good. The same applies if those students are too lazy and neglectful to take notes during class and then ask the diligent student to share his notes for them to copy them. He should not help them and share his notes with them so that they would exert greater effort in taking their own notes during class and pay greater attention to their studies. On the other hand, if sharing those assignments (and notes) with those students does not involve any cheating and it means merely helping them study this difficult subject and benefit from his better understanding of it, then he is advised to help his classmates. In fact, Islam strongly encourages the Muslim to help those in need of his help. Allaah Knows best.

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Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world. It began about 5000 years ago, linked to the people who lived near to the Indus River in about 2500 BC.

Hinduism has no single founder or prophet. The Hindu faith draws on a number of sacred texts and there is no standard set of beliefs, so it is a religion which is followed in different ways by different groups of people .

Hinduism has grown to be the world’s third largest religion, after Christianity and Islam . 

Top 10 facts

• Although the majority of Hindus live in India where the religion began, there are large Hindu communities all over the world.
• Today more than a billion people in the world are Hindus.
• All Hindus believe that life, death and rebirth are a continuous process that we are all part of.
• Many gods are worshipped in Hinduism. Each Hindu god is said to be a different part of the supreme God ‘Brahman’.
• Hindus believe that God can be seen in a person or an animal. They believe that God is in everybody.
• As well as visiting temples, Hindus worship God in their own homes and most houses have either a room or corner in which there is a family shrine.
• ​Hindu temples look very different depending on where they are in the world, but they always have an orange flag outside.
• Hindus believe that certain rivers are sacred and have the power to wash away sins (actions that are wrong in the eyes of God). The Ganges River in Northern India is especially sacred to Hindus.
• Hindus believe that all living things have souls, which is why very committed Hindus are vegetarians.
• Cows are considered to be sacred animals among Hindus because they produce milk for people. In India cows are allowed to wander freely, so they can sometimes cause traffic jams if they stroll on roads!

Hindu Timeline

• 1300BC The oldest hymns in Hinduism, the Rig Vega, begin to be composed.
• 800BC The sacred text of the Mahabharata begins to be composed.
• 100BC The Ramayana is written in Sanskrit.
• 600 Hinduism grows and flourishes and simple prayers and songs are written in the languages that Hindu people speak: Hindi, Bengali and Tamil.
• 950-1050 A "city of temples" is built in India at Khajuraho; 25 of the original 80 temples are still standing today.

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Hindus believe in one supreme God who created everything and contains every characteristic in the universe. The supreme God is made up of many different gods who can take the form of humans or animals. Each has different powers and Hindus choose specific gods to worship in specific situations and areas of the world.

Hindus call their religion sanatana dharma , which means eternal teaching.

The building where Hindus worship is called a mandir . There are mandirs all over the world and they can be large buildings or small shrines in someone’s home.

Most  mandirs  have a statue of the god Ganesh, who has an elephant’s head and a man’s body. He is a good luck symbol for Hindus. When Hindus begin their prayers or start something new, they pray to Ganesh.

For Hindus, time does not run in a straight line but in circles. The universe is created, exists and then is destroyed, and the same cycle applies to all living things.

Om or Aum is a symbol and a sound that is associated with Hinduism.

Hinduism has several Holy Books. The oldest are called the Vedas and are written in Sanskrit. The word ‘Veda’ means knowledge.

Cows are sacred to Hindus, who don't eat beef. Cows are the holy animals of transport for Shiva, one of the Hindu gods, and are also respected because they produce enough milk for everyone, not just their own offspring.

Nature is also important to Hindus as they believe things around us are forms of God too. The River Ganges in India is said to be Holy and people go there to bathe and wash away their sins.

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• Diwali lamps
• The Om or Aum symbol for Hinduism
• Hindus on the banks of the Ganges
• A Hindu wedding
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• A Hindu mandir in India
• Children celebrating Holi
• A Hindu man
• The elephant God Ganesh
• Diwali lights
• A flower rangoli

Although the Hindu religion is one of the oldest religions in the world, it is actually a mixture of different faiths. It combines the beliefs of the people who first settled in India with ideas of people who came to India in the last 3,000 years.

In Hinduism one supreme God called Brahman (“the Absolute”) can be found in everything and everywhere and shows himself in many different ways. Brahman shows himself through other lesser gods and it is often these that most ordinary Hindus worship.

The three most important Hindu gods are Brahma (the Creator), Shiva (the Destroyer) and Vishnu (the Protector); together they make up a trinity ( Trimurti ).

Other Hindu deities (gods) include:

• Krishna (worshipped as a god but also considered to be an avatar of Vishnu, one of the forms that the god took when visiting Earth)
• Ganesh (the Remover of Obstacles)
• Hanuman (the Monkey-God)
• Lakshmi (the goddess of wealth and good fortune).

Vishnu is the God who preserves life and stands to fight against evil, Shiva stands for the forces of Nature.

As well as the Vedas, collections of Hindu hymns and prayers, there are lots of stories about Hindu gods. A popular one is a long poem called the Ramayana, the story of Lord Rama, an Indian prince, and his wife Sita. Another sacred text is the Mahabharata, an epic poem which has over 100,00 verses! Today most Hindus read these texts in translation, but they were first written in an ancient language called Sanskrit.

The fact that Hindus believe that God is everywhere means they can worship both at home or in a temple ( mandir ). At home many families have a shrine decorated with  statues or pictures called murtis . The shrine might be decorated with flowers, and incense might be burned to remind people that God is everywhere.

Hindu temples, mandirs, can look very different but they are usually square or rectangular and contain halls built one inside the other. The outer rooms might be very beautifully decorated, but the inner room is plain and lit by oil lamps. Some  mandirs  even have a school inside where children can learn all about the Hindu faith, hear Hindu stories and talk about Hindu festivals.

Hindus bow when they pray in the mandir . You may have seen pictures of them praying with their foreheads touching the ground – this is to show how much they love and respect God. When Hindus visit a mandir, they always leave their shoes outside.

In each mandir there are murtis , statues and pictures which show Hindus different ways to think about God. Hindus show their love for God by bringing a gift to offer to their favourite picture or statue; it might be food (known as prasad ), incense or water. Religious songs and music are an important part of Hindu worship, as is dancing. Hindus often dance as another way of worshipping God, telling a story with their hands and body. They also come together to sing in a special way; this is called a chant.

Hindus believe that people can be born again after death; this is known as reincarnation. In each life the person is rewarded or punished for what they have done in the previous life ( karma ). Hindus believe if they lead a perfect life, they will be freed from birth and death to join God. A Hindu’s ultimate goal is to be become one with Brahman ( moksha ).

Hindus enjoy many festivals as part of their religion.

The Holi festival marks the beginning of spring and the harvest (in India the harvest takes place around March). Everyone sings and dances together as well as squirting each other with coloured water or powder! At Holi people celebrate by eating special foods.

Diwali, or the Festival of Lights, is held in the Hindu month of Ashwin in September or October and marks the Hindu new year. At Diwali Hindus celebrate light driving away darkness.  People prepare for Diwali by cleaning their house before they decorate it.   In every house and temple, oil lamps are lit as well as floated down rivers to welcome the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. Fireworks are also let off to ward off any evil spirits.

Hindu people go on pilgrimages, religious journeys, to vist places that are sacred to the Hindu faith. The river Ganges in India is said to flow from the feet of the god Vishnu and is sacred to Hindus, who believe that bathing in the Ganges washes away sins. Water is very important in the Hindu faith because it is said to flow between Earth and the home of the gods.

Traditional Hindu clothes include a robe ( dhoti ) and shawl ( chaddar ) for men. Hindu women wear a piece of clothing called a sari . It is a long straight piece of cloth – one end of the sari is placed around the waist, it is pleated at the front and tucked in and the other end is brought over the shoulder.

Hindus celebrate different stages in their life with ceremonies ( samskaras ), and the most important are marriage ( vivaha ) and cremation ( antyeshti ).

Hindu wedding celebrations last for many days. The bride and groom wear the traditional celebration colours of red and gold.

After death, Hindus are cremated (their bodies are burned in a holy ritual on a funeral pyre). On the third day after the cremation the person's family collects the ashes from the funeral ground and scatters them in a nearby river.

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Glossary of Hindu terms

Arti - the daily worship ceremony at the mandir starts with the blowing of a conch shell and uses a ghee lamp.

Brahman - the supreme God to Hindus, “the Absolute”.

Diwali - the Festival of light, held in autumn, which marks the Hindu New Year.

Ganesh - God seen as a man with an elephant’s head.

Karma - the idea that all actions have consequences which affect how people will be reborn in their next life

Mandir - the sacret building where Hindus worship.

Moksha - a Hindu’s ultimate goal, to become one with God.

Murtis - statutes or pictures depicting Hindu Gods.

Pandit - a Hindu priest.

Prashad - food that has been offered to God and shared with everyone visiting the mandir, usually sweets, nuts or fruit.

Puja - the Hindu act of worship.

Sari - a long straight piece of cloth worn by some Hindu women.

Vedas - the earliest sacred books of the Hindus, a collection of hymns and poems.

Vishnu - God seen as a man who helps when things go wrong.

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