What is the ruling on reading and listening to obscene speech, and does the ruling differ if the reading is by sight without moving the tongue?
A Muslim avoids obscenity in word, deed, and reading. Reading anything that contains obscenity, such as sexual stories that arouse desire, is forbidden, whether by merely looking or by reciting it.
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