Which is more beneficial for the youth and the people in calling to Allah: narrating stories or explaining and clarifying the creed?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: We see that some callers to Allah have adopted the method of narrating stories, while others have adopted explaining the creed, teaching it, and making it understood by the people. What is the correct action, and which of the two methods is better and more beneficial for the youth?

Answer:
The second method, which is explaining the creed and clarifying it for the people. As for stories, lying enters into them, and also... What establishes the creed in the soul and clarifies it is merely from the things that entertain. Storytellers are well known in Islam; the scholars in the past used to prevent them and dislike them because they bring lies and things that they claim are moving. As for the stories that Allah mentioned in the Qur'an, or the stories in the authentic Sunnah, there is no harm in mentioning them, but for those who know tawhid (the oneness of Allah). You start with tawhid first, you teach them the creed, and then you mention to them from the stories of the Qur'an and the authentic Sunnah what establishes faith in their hearts. Yes.