Teaching, Learning and Their Proprieties: Ruling on Retaliation Against a Teacher for Harsh Punishment
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Teaching, Learning and Their Proprieties: Ruling on Retaliation Against a Teacher for Harsh Punishment
English:
Question #1326:
A teacher severely punished one of his students in front of his classmates. Is the student justified to retaliate against him?
Answer #1326:
He does not have the right to retaliate in a way violating the status of the teacher. Indeed, it is obligatory on the student to preserve the dignity of the teacher and keep order in the classroom. However, he can solve the problem through legal ways. By the same token, the teacher should preserve the dignity of the student before his classmates and accord due regard to the Islamic code of teaching.