Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.
Stories are imaginary or real accounts of some happenings that took place in the past, are occurring now, or will/might take place in the future. The Shariah rules regarding stories differ according to their content, form and objective. For instance, a story that depicts some real events that took place between a wife and her husband which aims at a noble objective and whose content and form are free from anything that could have a bad influence on the listener or the reader takes the rule of telling a true unbiased or uncorrupted information which is the lawful, even if there is throughout that story a description of sentimental feelings between couples, provided there is no description of sexual intercourse.
The evidence for the lawfulness of such a story is what is narrated the Hadith books about what happened between the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) and his wives. Aisha (Radiya Allahu Anha) said: "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) used to drink (from the vessel) putting his mouth on the place where I (had put mine) drinking from what I had left over while I was menstruating" [ Al-Nasa'e ].
Muslim reported from Aisha (Radiya Allahu Anha) that she said: "I would drink while I was menstruating, then I would hand it (the vessel) to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) and he would put his mouth where mine had been and drink, and I would eat flesh from a bone while I was menstruating, then hand it over to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) and he would put his mouth where mine had been" .
Muslim also reported that Aisha (Radiya Allahu Anha) said: "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) used to put his head in my lap while I was menstruating and read the Qur'an" . Um Salamah (Radiya Allahu Anha) mentioned that "She used to make Ghusl along with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) from the same receptacle" . She also reported that "He used to kiss her while fasting" . So, these events and many more took place in the home of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) and the biographers and narrators reported them for a noble purpose.
This is evidence that similar stories are lawful if they are for a similar purpose and if they meet the fore mentioned restrictions regardless of whether the events were real or imaginary as long as the aim behind of them is a good one.
As for the stories that describe unlawful relations between men and alien women and which instead of warning against such deeds, elicit them and beautify them by using attractive and tempting words and expressions. No doubt that such stories are unlawful. Allah Says (interpretation of meaning): {…nor taking them as girl-friends….}[5:5]. Allah also Says (interpretation of meaning): {…nor taking boy-friends…}[4:25]. Muslim reported that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said: "Beware of entering in a place where there are women" .
In another Hadith, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said: "None of you (men) should stay in seclusion with an alien woman as Satan is their third" . This kind of story is unlawful because it depicts some intimate relations, beautifying them to the listener or reader.
The unlawfulness becomes more emphatic when there is a description of Zina and its introductions, such as kissing, touching, …etc. Such stories fit what Allah describes in this verse. Allah Says (interpretation of meaning): {Verily, those who like that (the crime of) illegal sexual intercourse should be propagated among those who believe, they will have a painful torment in this world and in the Hereafter….}[24:19]. So, reading such stories exites the libido and the sexual desire, driving the person to sinful thoughts and love.
Any story that causes the above is Haram as the means take the rule of their ends. So any means that lead to a sin is a sin in itself.
Allah knows best.
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