Story Telling Is Not Knowledge

From Khabab [رضي الله عنه] from the Prophet [صلى الله عليه وسلم] who said:

إن بني إسرائيل لما هلكوا قصوا﴾‏﴿

❝Indeed when Banu Israel were destroyed they would tell stories.❞

[Saheeh al-Jama, (No. 2045) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]

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Shaykh Albaani [رحمه الله] said:

قول: ومن الممكن أن يقال: إن سبب هلاكهم اهتمام وعاظهم بالقصص والحكايات دون الفقه والعلم النافع الذي يعرف الناس﴾ بدينهم فيحملهم ذلك على العمل الصالح لما فعلوا ذلك هلكوا  وهذا هو شأن كثير من قصاص زماننا الذين جل كلامهم في وعظهم ﴿حول الإسرائيليات والرقائق والصوفيات نسأل الله العافية

I say and it is possible to say: That the reason for their destruction is the importance and their admonishing with stories without Fiqh and beneficial knowledge which would acquaint the people with their Deen and carry them to perform righteous actions.

When they began telling stories they were destroyed and this is the matter with many of the story tellers of our time who spend most of their speech of admonitions around narrations by the Banu Israel, heart rendering stories and tales of the Soofis.

We ask Allaah for goodness.

[Silsilah Saheehah, (4/248) | Translated By Abbas Abu Yahya Miraath al-Anbiyya]