Question
Is it permissible to sell novels if the contents are not about romance? Will the money earned be halaal?
Answer
The Qur'aan specifically prohibits novels. During the time of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) a man would purchase such books from the kuffaar and resell. An Aayat was revealed to prohibit it. Therefore, whether the contents are not romance, it still is not permissible to read and sell such waste-of-time, spiritually destructive books. Maut always overhangs us. The income derived from haraam is haraam.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 27 No 02
- PDF page
- 9
Appears under “| HAD BECOME A MURTAD” (approximate).