The Ruling on Mentioning Stories in Da'wah
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Question:
This questioner, Abu Ibrahīm, asks: Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on mentioning moving stories in da'wah (calling others to Islam), and is this the method of encouraging people?
Answer:
Persisting in that is more than what is appropriate. This da'wah should be done through Qur'anic verses and Prophetic hadiths. If stories are interspersed that contain a lesson and are established and authentic, that is the reason for doing so. However, one should not overdo the stories, nor leave out the texts and evidence from the Book and the Sunnah. Also, one should not bring in stories that are not established, or are imagined, or are false; one should not bring them in. He says this in order to reach the people; he does not narrate or convey anything except what is established.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This questioner, Abu Ibrahīm, asks: Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on mentioning moving stories in da'wah (calling others to Islam), and is this the method of encouraging people?
Answer:
Persisting in that is more than what is appropriate. This da'wah should be done through Qur'anic verses and Prophetic hadiths. If stories are interspersed that contain a lesson and are established and authentic, that is the reason for doing so. However, one should not overdo the stories, nor leave out the texts and evidence from the Book and the Sunnah. Also, one should not bring in stories that are not established, or are imagined, or are false; one should not bring them in. He says this in order to reach the people; he does not narrate or convey anything except what is established.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 229 من المجموعة الثالثة للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (5:05)
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