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A head teacher accepting sick notes and casual-leave excuses

قبول مدير المدرسة للأعذار الطبية والعرضية

A question on whether a head teacher sins by accepting teachers' documented sick notes or casual-leave excuses, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that he does not, since he is acting within his powers. The Department answered that the head commits no sin in accepting a documented excuse, whether medical or casual, because the ministry has delegated the authority to him, casual leave falls within his remit, and the regulations require only that the absence be justified between head and teacher with proof attached. It urged heads not to be obstinate over justified, documented excuses or to make things hard for teachers, citing a hadith that prays against whoever makes things hard for the community and for whoever is gentle with it, with al-Nawawi's commentary on it. Conversely, it said that neither a teacher nor anyone else may take leave without right or reason, since that is forbidden lying. It added that a doctor who gives an employee sick leave without a medical reason sins and deceives the Muslims.

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A question on whether a head teacher sins by accepting teachers' documented sick notes or casual-leave excuses, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that he does not, since he is acting within his powers. 1

The question

The questioner asked whether a school head sins by accepting the documented medical or casual-leave excuses a teacher submits. 1

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The Department answered that the head commits no sin in accepting a documented excuse, whether medical or casual, because the ministry has delegated the authority to him, casual leave falls within his remit, and the regulations require only that the absence be justified between head and teacher with proof attached. 1 It urged heads not to be obstinate over justified, documented excuses or to make things hard for teachers, citing a hadith that prays against whoever makes things hard for the community and for whoever is gentle with it, with al-Nawawi's commentary on it. 1 Conversely, it said that neither a teacher nor anyone else may take leave without right or reason, since that is forbidden lying. 1 It added that a doctor who gives an employee sick leave without a medical reason sins and deceives the Muslims. 1

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Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 3810, dated 1 October 2023. 1 The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.

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  1. Jordan's General Iftaa Department (aliftaa.jo) , fatwa 3810

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islam.museum contributors. “A head teacher accepting sick notes and casual-leave excuses”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/fatwa-aliftaa-jo-accepting-teachers-sick-notes/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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An agent deducting money from the principal's proceeds without his knowledge

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