I have teaching experience at home, teaching my own brothers, cousins
and now my children. Is it permitted for me to disclose this as
institutional experience or otherwise as teachingexperience while
appling for a teaching job in a school?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The Muslim should speakthe truth and seek to be honest. Allah, may He
be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"O you who believe! FearAllaah, and be with those who are true (in
words and deeds)"
[al-Tawbah 9:119].
Al-Bukhaari (6094) and Muslim (2607) narrated that Ibn Mas'ood (may
Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messengerof Allah (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) said: "I enjoin you to be truthful, for
truthfulness leads to righteousness and righteousness leads to
Paradise. A man may continue to tell the truthand endeavour to be
truthful until he is recorded with Allaah as a speaker of truth. And
beware of lying, for lying leads to wickedness and wickedness leads to
Hell.A man may continue to tell lies and endeavour to tell lies, until
he is recorded with Allaah as a liar."
al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The scholars said: What this means is that truthfulness leads to
righteous deeds that arefree of everything blameworthy. Al-birr
(righteousness) is a general word that includes all kinds of good
deeds. But lying leads to wickedness, which is drifting away from
righteousness or, itwas said, indulging in sin.
The scholars said: This is encouragement to endeavour to be truthful,
which means seeking it and paying attention to it. (And it is
encouragement) to beware of lying and taking the matter lightly,for if
one takes the matter lightly he will do a great deal of it and become
known for that. So if a person tells the truth all the time and it
becomes second nature to him, Allah will record him as a speaker of
truth. On the other hand,if he tells lies all the timeand it becomes
second nature to him, Allah will record him as a liar. End quote.
Mentioning your teaching at home as if it were teaching in an
educational institution isundoubtedly a kind of lying. Rather you have
totell the truth and tell them that you taught privately at home.
Remember that if you tell the truth and fear Allah, Allah will provide
for you from sources youcould not imagine. Allah,may He be exalted,
says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And whosoever fears Allaah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a
way for him to get out (from every difficulty).
3. And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine"
[al-Talaaq 65:2-3].
And Allah knows best.
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