Some people point out that Israelite narrations (Israelite stories) cannot be used for support in ‘aqeedah.

Is that the case?

Israelite narrations can be used as supporting evidence as long as they do not contradict what has been mentioned in the Qur’an and authentic Sunnah.

Shaykh al-Shanqeeti said:

It is known that the reports from the Children of Israel [the Jews], which are known as al-Isra’iliyyat, may be of three kinds:

1. Those which we have to believe in, which are those which are shown by the Qur’an or the sound Sunnah to be true.
2. Those which we have to disbelieve in, which are those which are shown by the Qur’an and Sunnah to be false.
3. Those which we are permitted neither to believe nor disbelieve, which are those which are not proven in the Qur’an or Sunnah to be either true or false.

From this definition we know that with regard to the stories which contradict the Qur’an and authentic Sunnah, which are in circulation among them now, claiming that they are from the revealed scriptures, must be rejected because they go against the texts of the sound Revelation which has not been distorted or altered [i.e., the Qur’an].

And Allah knows best.[1]

Reference:

[1] Adwa’ al-Bayan, 4/203, 204