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Status Of Earnings From A Degree Attained Via Unethical Means
One of my friends got admission to university in disable quote and this quote has less merit as compare to open seats merit,so with the low merit/numbers he got admission. He got his degree by studying and fulfilling the degree program requirements, but he had some difficulties getting his disability certificate, so he used reference in the process to get that certificate (did not give any money), but now he thinks that he might not had that level of disability which was required to get a disability certificate (if so, then it is illegal to make and use such certificate to get admission). He also had these doubts during his degree, that either his degree or earnigs will be Halal, but he continued and completed his graduation. Now, he is worried about his degree that he got admitted into by using that certificate, is this degree halal? Is it halal to get a job/start a business using this degree and will his earnings be halal?
Because according to the law if someone gets admission by wrong means or by providing wrong information it’s degree is not valid (ethically), even he works hard (study) to get the degree. Now, he thinks that the only way of his repentance (tauba) is that Allah wants him to quit his profession based on this degree, because he thinks all his life time earnings will be haram if he continues working based on this degree. Is his thinking right and what should he do now?
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