Romance Books

[Dr.Confused]

Salam 

I love reading romance books. Through middle school all the way to university I read them but always skip past the haram parts. 

Recently since the martyrdom of Imam Al Khadim peace be upon him (may god curse his enemies) I listened to the ناعي talking about bettering ourselves for Imam El Mahdi (May Allah hasten his reappearance) 

I wondered if what I was doing was okay or if it was just borderline haram in the first place. 

can anyone give me advice on this? 

My question is is it haram to read them? Even if I skip the bad parts? Or is it okay? 

Edited January 15 by Hameedeh
"Books" title of the topic was changed to "Romance Books"

[notme]

I don't know whether it's haram to read "romance novels" or not, but I do know there are romantic stories without any explicit parts. Why not look for those? 

[Abu Hassanain]

Salam

besides reading for Islamic fields and scientific fields, I do read comics YA adult, large, print mysteries, etc. I probably read between 20 and 50 major religious projects so you’re in 100 fiction a year Allahu Alam

It’s not a clearcoat answer if a couple are reading little erotica together without pictures that might be OK. Where is that? Definitely would not be OK for an unmarried person without access to marriage.

A lot of the things, Stephen King randomly inserts in his books are very questionable

Sometimes you think a book is one way and it turns out to be something else

Some of my colleagues of the standpoint that nothing but religious books should be printed that academic and fiction is a waste of paper. Others can see that scientific and academics books are worth printing, but only if they approved by religion or that they’re worth printing, but fiction isn’t.

The problem is so many youth mostly young women read you know, sci-fi, loose woman, fantasy, young adult romance, etc. we have no Islamic answer so we have to make an individual evaluation based on each thing and it’s not gonna get any better for those Laila West

What the scholars have said as a general rule is, if it leads you to commit a sin or to have deviated beliefs in theology or you’re reading so much fiction you’re not able to read Islamic books academic books work take care of your family, attend religious functions then it becomes not allowed

It would vary case by case in person to person

A lot of the weird stuff, Stephen King put in his books. I like the overall book, but I just roll my eyes. It deeply disturbs my wife. It affects the quality of her prayers if I’m doing everything else and maybe I read one of his books over a week it doesn’t bother me, but it bothers my wife so there’s a difference. 

Generally, even I’ll look at some questionable books that promoting for the youth to see what they’re promoting and to see how they’re trying to make deviant ideas seem innocent, but regularly people shouldn’t do that either

wallahu Alam