What is the ruling on following historical series?
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Question:
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on following historical series?
Answer:
Who is it that presents the historical series? The discussion is about those who present them, because nowadays ignorant people take these things, record them, and present them, and they are ignorant; they do not know the true from the false, nor the right from the wrong. Not everything mentioned in history is correct, especially regarding the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) and the righteous predecessors. Not everyone who records something from history is to be accepted unless he is a scholar. If the one who recorded it is among the scholars trusted for their correct creed and knowledge, there is no harm. But if anyone records and sells it to people, selling for money, or claims to be a scholar and misleads the people, this is not permissible. Yes.
A questioner asks: What is the ruling on following historical series?
Answer:
Who is it that presents the historical series? The discussion is about those who present them, because nowadays ignorant people take these things, record them, and present them, and they are ignorant; they do not know the true from the false, nor the right from the wrong. Not everything mentioned in history is correct, especially regarding the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) and the righteous predecessors. Not everyone who records something from history is to be accepted unless he is a scholar. If the one who recorded it is among the scholars trusted for their correct creed and knowledge, there is no harm. But if anyone records and sells it to people, selling for money, or claims to be a scholar and misleads the people, this is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم متابعة المسلسلات التاريخية؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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