Is it permissible for the forum administrator to publish literary materials, such as poetry that may contain texts with implications of transgressing against the Divine Being and religion, or novels that carry controversial ideas, based on the premise that the forum is literary and has the right to publish whatever it wishes?
Literary novels that are free from prohibitions are subject only to literary criticism. However, if they include anything from the Quran and , then the accuracy of the citation and the correctness of the meaning must be observed. And if they contain an invitation to vice, the spread of indecency, or deviant ideas, then they must be denounced by Sharia law and it is not permissible to publish them, due to the assistance this provides to falsehood, for Allah Almighty says: "And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression," and for the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "Whoever calls to misguidance will have sin upon him like the sins of those who follow him."
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