The ruling on reading stories that contain some falsehood

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His Eminence the Shaykh: What is the ruling on reading entertaining stories that contain some falsehood? Does this fall under the category of lying?
Stories that contain falsehood are forbidden; because they are lies, and it came in the hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he threatened the one who narrates and lies to make the people laugh,So he said: (Woe to him, then woe to him).

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