What is the ruling on reciting and listening to contemporary romantic poetry that does not contain meanings of immorality or temptation, and does its ruling differ from poetry that describes the beloved with explicit sensual attributes?
Verses that contain romantic poetry (ghazal) are disliked because they incite souls towards indecencies, and a Muslim does not benefit from reciting them, unless a husband recites them to his wife or vice-versa.
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