An Intervention on Translators with Preachers
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The questioner:
Dr. Ahmad ibn Mish'al al-Ghamidi, a professor of usul al-fiqh (the principles of jurisprudence) at Umm al-Qura University and a member of the Islamic Awareness Department for Hajj, has an intervention. Please, go ahead. Also, within the time limit, Honorable Dr. Ahmad.
Another questioner:
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may the prayers and peace be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers, our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and upon his family and all his Companions. I mean, no. First, I ask Allah the Exalted to reward everyone with the best reward, and above all, the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and this blessed ministry for the effort and awareness they provide for the pilgrims to the House of Allah. I would like to point out an important issue, which is the focus on the large number of translators accompanying the shaykhs and preachers. The ministry is making a great effort to provide preachers. However, there may be some deficiency on the side of the translators. The majority of the targeted pilgrims are perhaps seventy percent of the non-Arabic-speaking communities. We need an increase in the number of translators with the shaykhs. The impact of translation is significant, especially in explaining the creed of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and clarifying the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). From the reality of what is seen in many speeches after the prayers or lessons, many grave-worshippers declare their abandonment of the previous acts of worship they were engaged in, by the grace of Allah the Exalted, and then by the grace of the explanation of tawhid after the correct translation. We hope that the ministry will ensure this greatly. Also, the ministry has taken blessed steps regarding the dispatch or organization of preachers with the domestic pilgrim groups. I hope that this will also be the case in the coming years with the foreign pilgrim groups. And that each of the shaykhs be accompanied by a preacher and translators, because it is not hidden from you that many of those pilgrims bring with them corrupt creeds. If this season is not utilized to correct those creeds, and we go to their camps with translators and call them to what is best, then there is great benefit in that, which is not hidden from you. I ask Allah the Exalted for success and guidance for everyone, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
The Shaykh:
May Allah bless you.
Dr. Ahmad ibn Mish'al al-Ghamidi, a professor of usul al-fiqh (the principles of jurisprudence) at Umm al-Qura University and a member of the Islamic Awareness Department for Hajj, has an intervention. Please, go ahead. Also, within the time limit, Honorable Dr. Ahmad.
Another questioner:
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may the prayers and peace be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers, our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and upon his family and all his Companions. I mean, no. First, I ask Allah the Exalted to reward everyone with the best reward, and above all, the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and this blessed ministry for the effort and awareness they provide for the pilgrims to the House of Allah. I would like to point out an important issue, which is the focus on the large number of translators accompanying the shaykhs and preachers. The ministry is making a great effort to provide preachers. However, there may be some deficiency on the side of the translators. The majority of the targeted pilgrims are perhaps seventy percent of the non-Arabic-speaking communities. We need an increase in the number of translators with the shaykhs. The impact of translation is significant, especially in explaining the creed of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and clarifying the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). From the reality of what is seen in many speeches after the prayers or lessons, many grave-worshippers declare their abandonment of the previous acts of worship they were engaged in, by the grace of Allah the Exalted, and then by the grace of the explanation of tawhid after the correct translation. We hope that the ministry will ensure this greatly. Also, the ministry has taken blessed steps regarding the dispatch or organization of preachers with the domestic pilgrim groups. I hope that this will also be the case in the coming years with the foreign pilgrim groups. And that each of the shaykhs be accompanied by a preacher and translators, because it is not hidden from you that many of those pilgrims bring with them corrupt creeds. If this season is not utilized to correct those creeds, and we go to their camps with translators and call them to what is best, then there is great benefit in that, which is not hidden from you. I ask Allah the Exalted for success and guidance for everyone, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
The Shaykh:
May Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، لقاءات مفتوحة-02-لقاء الدعاة المشاركين في التوعية الإسلامية في الحج والعمرة مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (22:45)
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