What is the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community and the righteous Salaf regarding storytellers?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What is the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community and the righteous Salaf regarding storytellers? Is frequenting realistic stories a prescribed method in the religion? The Book and the Sunnah are sufficient for us. If a correct story is brought that attests to the meaning of a verse or the meaning of a hadith, then that is fine and good. But should our occupation always be stories?
Answer:
The Salaf warned against storytellers. They warned against storytellers because lying predominates among them, and in order to affect people, they bring things to affect people even if they are not correct. They say, “Our intention was to soften the hearts,” and “Our intention was not what corrects this.” Allah has narrated to us in the Qur'an, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has narrated to us in the Sunnah. If a story occurs that resembles what came in the Qur'an or in the Sunnah, it is brought, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What is the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community and the righteous Salaf regarding storytellers? Is frequenting realistic stories a prescribed method in the religion? The Book and the Sunnah are sufficient for us. If a correct story is brought that attests to the meaning of a verse or the meaning of a hadith, then that is fine and good. But should our occupation always be stories?
Answer:
The Salaf warned against storytellers. They warned against storytellers because lying predominates among them, and in order to affect people, they bring things to affect people even if they are not correct. They say, “Our intention was to soften the hearts,” and “Our intention was not what corrects this.” Allah has narrated to us in the Qur'an, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has narrated to us in the Sunnah. If a story occurs that resembles what came in the Qur'an or in the Sunnah, it is brought, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما منهج أهل السنة والجماعة والسلف الصالح من القصاصين؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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