What is the ruling on circulating humorous stories about Satan, such as the mentioned story that describes Iblis gathering his belongings and saying: "Iblis is departing our land never to return... Let the believers rejoice," and in which corrupt situations are mentioned, knowing that there is a fatwa prohibiting ridiculing him with drawings and stories, and even by diminutivizing his name?
Scholars have differed regarding the ruling on fictional stories, with some favoring their permissibility if they serve a noble purpose. Belittling and disparaging Satan is Islamically مطلوب (desirable/required), as evidenced by the Prophet's (PBUH) saying: "When the Son of Adam recites the verse of prostration and prostrates, Satan withdraws, weeping and saying: 'Woe to him! The Son of Adam was commanded to prostrate, and he prostrated, so Paradise is for him; and I was commanded to prostrate, but I refused, so the Fire is for me.'" And his (PBUH) saying: "When the call to prayer (adhan) is made, Satan flees, passing wind, so that he may not hear the adhan."
However, it is not permissible to draw Satan because he falls under the general category of animate beings, and also because it involves following that of which one has no knowledge, as Allah (the Most High) says: "And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge."
Therefore, there is no harm in creating a hypothetical story narrated by Satan that includes disparagement of him, as long as it serves a noble purpose and the reader understands that it is hypothetical.
As for the example mentioned in the question, there is no harm in it if its intention is to illustrate the spread of corruption, but its content must be modified, because Satan will not cease misleading the children of Adam, no matter how many their sins become, and he continues to lead the servant astray even at the time of death. For this reason, among the supplications of the Prophet (PBUH) was: "And I seek refuge in You from Satan confusing me at the time of death."
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