Sunday, 10 April 2016

Moral Question # 3

It's midway through the last semester, and you are taking a math test. You've been struggling all semester in this class, and you know that this test will form a big part of your grade. You feel like you are doing quite well on the test until you come to the last problem. It is worth 20 points and you just can't remember how to solve it. As it happens, the class math whiz is sitting right in front of you and you can see he's just finished it. You are close enough to see how he solved it, and you know that no teacher can see you if you cheat.   
What do you do?

15 comments:

  1. I would definitely not even try a tiny bit to cheat off of the math class whiz because I understand very well that it is something wrong to do. Instead, I would try my best to review what I have learned again or ask the teacher to explain the question to me. If this does not work, I will just leave everything up to my Lord and be happy for not committing a sin.

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  4. i would not cheat just to pass this teat or get high marks because it was my fault i probbaly didnt study hard, maybe thats why im having trouble with that question. I would ask my teacher for more help so i can understand the question better.

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  5. I would not cheat because cheating is never the way to go. I would ask my teacher for help, and leave the rest to God. At the end of it all it was me who could have studied harder for the mark.- Laiba

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  6. I would not cheat, because first of all if you cheat you don`t learn anything yourself plus that person will not always be there for me to cheat from, rather I learn from my own mistakes and practice how to do it for when it comes up in different situations of my life. Also God has planned and is always watching every step I take, and if I do cheat I will be punished for it either in this world or the hereafter, so I would just make dua, read ayatul kursi, make my best attempt, and leave the rest upon the creator.

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  7. I would preferably try my best not to cheat because it will not help me in the future.If i was to cheat i will not be honest with myself and will not succeed or improve. If i was to not receive those 20 points, it would encourage me to do better and to study harder on the next test. It would also be unfair to the person who was had completed the question because you are technically taking credit for what they had written. -Roya

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  8. I would preferably try my best not to cheat because it will not help me in the future.If i was to cheat i will not be honest with myself and will not succeed or improve. If i was to not receive those 20 points, it would encourage me to do better and to study harder on the next test. It would also be unfair to the person who was had completed the question because you are technically taking credit for what they had written. -Roya

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  9. i would not cheat off the class math whiz because 1. it wouldn't be fair how he did all the hard work and i take a part of credit for it 2. i know cheating is wrong so i would certainly avoid myself from doing so because there is still another year and summer break to make up for a credit loss so instead i would strive harder in repeating and learning something new as it will be a revision and a good fresh learning for me and even if the teacher is not there it simply doesn't mean i have the opportunity to cheat of because honesty leads to success so even if i fail maybe my teacher can give me feedback as to where i should improve on

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  10. I would not cheat because cheating never leads to anything good. It would be my fault for not studying hard enough and actually understanding the equations. If I need help or don't understand something, I could ask the teacher for help or just make dua to God to help me remember how to do the question.

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  11. I wouldn't cheat because no matter how much I need to pass the course, If I cheat, I don't deserve it. In that moment, I would accept my mistakes and learn from it. Cheating is also a form of lying, which means I would have to hold that burden all my life. It might seem like cheating is the best option but on the long run, it will not be worth losing my honesty.

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  13. I wouldn't cheat because its not going to benefit me i wouldn't learn anything from it i would rather do it wrong because if i cheat then i will be punished on the day of judgement and i will get so much sins for it. i would rather ask the teacher to explain me the question or i would just leave it blank or i would make up information and write it than doing nothing. i would just make dua and leave it to god.

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  14. I would not cheat, but instead would say Bismillah and answer the question to the best of my ability. I would do this because even if no teacher would see me cheating, Allah (swt) would. It would make me feel very guilty to think that I care more about a teacher seeing me doing a bad deed than Allah (swt) seeing me do so, who is the Lord of the teacher and me. Also, cheating does not result in anything good. If one does not get punished for doing so in this world, they will surely receive it in the next.

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  15. Cheating is never the way to success if today I cheat tomorrow it will become my habit to continuously do such actions. Cheating may seem an easy solution yet it's not a moral thing to do. Especially as a Muslim cheating is haram. It could have been sinful and disliked or makrooh but in fact it is haram. As a Muslim we shouldn't get near haram let alone doing an action that is haram. If today I get lower marks tomorrow I will learn my lesson and strive to become better inshallah.

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