What is the ruling on writing a novel that includes events similar to what the protagonist sees in a dream, and is the writer sinful if the novel includes indecent acts such as touching, and leads to the reader's deviation?
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Writing stories that glorify falsehood and condone evil, such as novels that describe a man touching a non- woman, is forbidden; because it constitutes aiding in sin and aggression. The writer of these novels may incur the sin of those who read them and consequently fall into the forbidden. Allah says: "And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is severe in penalty." (Al-Ma'idah: 2).
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