Is it correct for a da'iyah (caller to Islam) to frequently use real-life stories in sermons and lessons to attract the hearts of the youth?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for some callers to dedicate sermons and lessons where the core of the sermon or lesson is real-life stories to draw the hearts of the youth back to the religion, containing little or nothing of the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? Do these sermons lack the second condition for the acceptance of deeds, which is following (the Prophet)?
Answer:
Stories, or correct stories, that contain a lesson: there is no harm in including some of them in the sermon. However, making the entire sermon about stories is not permissible. The purposes of the sermon are known, and among them is admonition. Admonition includes the correct story that contains a lesson, so there should be some of that in the sermon. Because if the entire sermon is stories, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for some callers to dedicate sermons and lessons where the core of the sermon or lesson is real-life stories to draw the hearts of the youth back to the religion, containing little or nothing of the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? Do these sermons lack the second condition for the acceptance of deeds, which is following (the Prophet)?
Answer:
Stories, or correct stories, that contain a lesson: there is no harm in including some of them in the sermon. However, making the entire sermon about stories is not permissible. The purposes of the sermon are known, and among them is admonition. Admonition includes the correct story that contains a lesson, so there should be some of that in the sermon. Because if the entire sermon is stories, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [480 /641] هل إكثار الداعية من القصص الواقعية في الخطب والدروس لجذب قلوب الشباب يعد من الصواب؟ — youtube.com
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