The Ruling on Writing Fictional Stories in Da'wah
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Question:
Peace be upon you. We ask Your Eminence to answer the following question: Is it permissible to write novels if they are in the service of da'wah, given that novels are woven from imagination and do not harm reality?
Answer:
Stories, I mean. Writing fictional stories. Lying is not permissible. Lying is not permissible. One should not write anything but purposeful stories. From the Book and the Sunnah. Or what is established by reality that one is certain of.
Because truth, truth is what is relied upon, what is sufficient, and what is trusted. But if people know that this one who tells the truth tells fictional stories and not actual events, they do not deem him worthy. They do not deem him worthy. And this is not my view of da'wah. Da'wah, praise be to Allah, is sufficient in the Book and the Sunnah.
And it is sufficient in the Book and the Sunnah, and in the way of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So you call to Allah in the way of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
[Yusuf 12:108] Following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in his da'wah and otherwise [Al-Ahzab 33:21] The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not call people with fictional stories, but rather he called them with the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Peace be upon you. We ask Your Eminence to answer the following question: Is it permissible to write novels if they are in the service of da'wah, given that novels are woven from imagination and do not harm reality?
Answer:
Stories, I mean. Writing fictional stories. Lying is not permissible. Lying is not permissible. One should not write anything but purposeful stories. From the Book and the Sunnah. Or what is established by reality that one is certain of.
Because truth, truth is what is relied upon, what is sufficient, and what is trusted. But if people know that this one who tells the truth tells fictional stories and not actual events, they do not deem him worthy. They do not deem him worthy. And this is not my view of da'wah. Da'wah, praise be to Allah, is sufficient in the Book and the Sunnah.
And it is sufficient in the Book and the Sunnah, and in the way of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So you call to Allah in the way of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Say, "This is my way; I invite to Allah with insight, I and those who follow me.
قُلْ هَٰذِهِ سَبِيلِي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ عَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِيThere has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone who
لَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِّمَن كَانَ
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الروايات الخيالية في سبيل الدعوة — alfawzan.live
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