A Sincere Advice for Us Muslim Authors: I pray to Allah for this advice to be beneficial for everyone.
Shahawaat (Desires) - usually a person knows what they are doing is wrong, whether it's in Haram relationship, Haram food or whether it's looking at something Haram. They know what they are doing is wrong but their heart is attached to it.
Is this not the case with us authors? Subhan Allah.
We know free mixing is Haram yet we write it. We know any relationship between male and female is prohibited before marriage yet we write it. We know we should observe Hijab and all it's conditions yet we go against it.
My dear Muslim authors please pay heed, titling a story as 'Islamic Story' or 'Muslim Story' or adding tags such as 'Islamic' does not make that book a Muslim or an Islamic book. The content within it makes it.
We give our book a Muslim name or description yet our cover shows an image of naked woman from behind. Is this Muslim at all? Is this not disrespect of Islam? May Allah forgive us.
My dear Muslim authors, remember the Speech of your Lord: "He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record]." (50:18).
Everything we say, write, do and convey is being recorded. The two scribers leave nothing except they write every single thing.
Writing a book by staying within the boundaries of Islam will only benefit you as well as your readers, however, writing a book without being concerned with Islamic rulings or commands of Allah will benefit no one. It may benefit us in this world but what about our Hereafter? Are we really going to trade our Hereafter for this temporary world?
Last but not least, writing 'it's a fiction just go with it' or 'it's just a fiction' does not give us a green flag to write whatever we want. How can we neglect our role as a Muslim for mere romance novels? May Allah guide us to that which is right.
