Some writers compose stories with meaning and an attractive style that have an impact on the hearts of readers, but they are products of imagination. What is the ruling on that?

The questioner : This questioner, Abu Abdullah, says: Some writers compose stories with meaning and an attractive style that have an impact on the hearts of readers, but they are products of imagination. What is the ruling on that?

The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it, there is nothing wrong with that, if it deals with religious, moral, or social problems, because giving examples through hypothetical stories that did not actually happen is permissible. In fact, some scholars mentioned that some of the examples in the Noble Qur'an are not actual events, but Allah used them as examples, such as His saying: So I see nothing wrong with this, because the intention is to warn. However, if a person has knowledge of what is in the Book and the Sunnah, and then he presents verses that deal with problems, explains them, interprets them, and gives examples based on them, that is better. Likewise, if he mentions hadiths, interprets them, and gives examples based on them, that is certainly better.