Cheating In Examination And Violation Of Haquq-ul-ibad
As a principle , such practices involve an element of deception in them, therefore there is violation of haqooq-ul-ibad in them. And when such violations occur, in addition to asking forgiveness from Allah, every attempt should be made to make good any loss made to the aggrieved party. Because forgiveness in the sight of Allah in such matters is subject to forgiveness by the aggrieved party. There can be circumstances where such a forgiveness is not possible in absolute sense from the aggrieved party directly for example, the aggrieved party has passed away or is unwilling to forgive, the aggrieved party is not a human being but an organization etc. etc. In such circumstances, we should try our best to make the amends with whatever resources available with us and if one was still unable to attain forgiveness in this world, then If our repentance and effort both were sincere then it can be hoped that Allah will intercede on behalf of that Muslim and convince the other person to forgive him on the day of judgement. Since lab examination forms a very minor part of the examination as far as I know and people do not take it seriously, while the significant portion consists of written theory paper, therefore if major portion of the examination was done honestly without any cheating, then element of deception is also reduced proportionally. So if it were me, I would not consider giving back my degrees. But if someone actually does that, then this is very pious of them, additionally, it is not always necessary to return back the degrees, forgiveness can also be sought through other means, may be in some written form etc. Bottomline is that a person should honestly weigh-in all the options and exhaust all the practical ones with honesty, and if done with honesty, then hopefully Allah will make a way for that person’s forgiveness on the day of judgement. Please refer to the video below from 8:38 to 11:22 https://youtu.be/mpnSjLnE2WY?t=518
So brother it is indirect haq talfi like it was not that someone brought a grocery and i had stolen it it would be direct haq talfi.for example if i do robbery in a house.i had done direct haq talfi of that household and indirect haq talfi of all other people of who workhard to earn money. There are two two option according to me of indirect haq talfi here. 1: one is a person get a higher job compartively with who had workhard so i had to do no job this haq talfi is not going to happen. 2:second as he taken his mark unlawfully so indirectly he has done haq talfi of other students so by cancellation of degree mean he score 0 marks in that exam which i think compensate this haq talfi all together in all sense. I don,t think after compensation in that much extent there is any reason remain to take up this matter at judgement day. @UmerQureshi brother i want your comment on this?