Writing a creative essay by order to do something that did not happen
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I am a student and my creative writing teacher orders me to write an essay stating that I did such and such, and I did not do this. Is it permissible for me to write it, or is that lying?
The Shaykh:
If what results from it does not harm anyone and is not of that nature. The literati say that poems and essays are a matter of imagination, not reality, for the sake of literature, shaping speech, and practicing literature and shaping speech as a form of practice. So do not insult anyone and do not praise anyone with lies. Yes.
The questioner:
We say, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
I did such and such, and you are a liar, you did not do it? Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I am a student and my creative writing teacher orders me to write an essay stating that I did such and such, and I did not do this. Is it permissible for me to write it, or is that lying?
The Shaykh:
If what results from it does not harm anyone and is not of that nature. The literati say that poems and essays are a matter of imagination, not reality, for the sake of literature, shaping speech, and practicing literature and shaping speech as a form of practice. So do not insult anyone and do not praise anyone with lies. Yes.
The questioner:
We say, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
I did such and such, and you are a liar, you did not do it? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 115 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / القضاء / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (52:55)
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