{"_id":"69715f54fb88dd25c5c4a97a","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is a teacher obligated to refund a course registration fee if a student does not attend the classes?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"If a teacher offers online classes and charges a one-time registration fee, is the teacher Islamically obligated to return the fee if the student never attends any of the classes, assuming the student does not request a refund and the teacher is asking whether they must return it on their own initiative?\\n\\nThe fee is not charged monthly or per hour. Rather, it is a small registration fee intended to encourage commitment and motivation. The fee functions as compensation for the teacher’s time spent teaching the course. Students receive access to a group, the live course itself, and course materials. The course is generally not recorded, except if a student informs the teacher in advance that they will miss a session. If the student does not inform the teacher beforehand, they do not receive that day’s recording due to their own negligence. All of this was clearly communicated beforehand.\\n\\nAdditionally, if a student begins the course but later decides to stop attending, whether due to time constraints or other reasons, is the teacher Islamically required to calculate the value of the remaining lessons and refund that amount to the student?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"If the payment was for teaching, then it's an ijarah (contract of hire). In the fiqh of ijarah, the contract is binding on both parties, and the payment becomes non-refundable when the hired party makes the service accessible to the customer, regardless of whether the customer takes receipt of the service. This is because the contract is binding and the hired party has fulfilled their obligation. Therefore, a refund is not obligatory if the student fails to attend the class.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff00b76658b4c2329a9","tag":"Contemporary Life: Jobs and Career","count":120},{"_id":"68a517faa4b97312c1c85000","tag":"Finance: Income & Employment","count":26},{"_id":"682e8d592d0f3a9bf9f0954f","tag":"Contemporary Life: Education","count":12},{"_id":"68a51446a4b97312c1c84f77","tag":"Finance: Other","count":11}],"createdOn":"2026-01-21T23:20:52.209Z"}