What is your opinion regarding what many poets do, using amorous poetry in their verse, to the extent that some, when they wish to speak of the nation's sufferings, depict them as if they were a woman they are courting?
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The questioner : Now, if the matter is clear in the case of the story of "Bānat Suʿād", it is clear that many poets today adopt the issue of amorous poetry, especially when they look to pre-Islamic poetry. They begin their poetry with what is called the hypothetical introduction and amorous verse. In fact, in the Abbasid era and after, and now, independent poems of amorous verse have appeared. Indeed, if a person wants to speak of a nation's sufferings, he may liken them to a woman, intending by this woman what? The nation. So what is your opinion on this, meaning the utilization of amorous poetry in such matters?
The Shaykh : Is amorous poetry, from a legal perspective, more beneficial or more harmful? If the benefit outweighs the harm, it is permissible; otherwise, it is not. In my opinion, the harm outweighs the benefit.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And to you.
The Shaykh : Is amorous poetry, from a legal perspective, more beneficial or more harmful? If the benefit outweighs the harm, it is permissible; otherwise, it is not. In my opinion, the harm outweighs the benefit.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That is it.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And to you.