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Is the permissibility of calling people to Allah through storytelling derived from the saying of Allah the Exalted: “So relate the stories that they may reflect”?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible to derive from His saying, the Exalted,
So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought.فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
[Al-A'raf 7:176]
the prescription of calling people to Allah through stories?

Answer:
Correct storytelling is fine if it is needed; there is no harm in it. Correct storytelling is not every story, every play, or every... No, correct storytelling is from the Qur'an or from the Sunnah: the stories of the Prophets (peace and blessings be upon them) are cited as evidence. That is good. The stories of the disbelieving nations that Allah destroyed, such as the people of Noah, 'Ad, and Thamud, are mentioned in preaching, reminding, and calling people to Allah to warn people. The stories of the righteous and the good that befell them are mentioned to encourage people; there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [373 -582] هل يؤخذ من قوله تعالى (فاقصص القصص لعلهم يتفكرون) مشروعية الدعوة إلى الله عن طريق القصص؟ — youtube.com

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