Fatwa ID: 08039

Answered by: Maulana Kawsar Ahmed

Question:
Does writing for someone else, in a thesis, make this a contribution from his side or will it be a contribution from my side, and saying to the journal which will publish that there was a role from someone else’s side, wrong?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:
In this case, the most appropriate thing for the writer of the thesis to do is to reference or quote the piece/s of information that you have written for them, for the sake of complete clarity and academic honesty. This would be considered as taking due precaution, and in-shā-Allah this is in line with the Prophetic principle: “Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.’”1

Only Allah knows best.
Written by Maulana Kawsar Ahmed
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham