Many poets have come to start with erotic poetry whenever they wish to write a poem about the suffering of the Ummah; what is your opinion on this matter? The issue of employing erotic poetry for this purpose?

The questioner : Well; if the matter is clear regarding the issue of "Bint Sa'd," it is now clear that many of the poets who adopt the issue of erotic poetry, especially when they look at pre-Islamic poetry, begin their poetry with the introduction of elegy and erotic poetry. Indeed, in the Abbasid era and after... there are independent poems of erotic poetry. If a person wants to speak about the suffering of a nation... he mentions this woman, what? ...; so what is your opinion on this issue of employing erotic poetry in such matters, I mean?

The Shaykh : Is erotic poetry, from the Shari'ah perspective, more good or more evil? If the good outweighs the evil, it is permissible; otherwise, it is not. And my opinion is that the evil is more than the good.

The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And beware of that.