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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on speaking the language of the disbelievers

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Question:
He says: Does speaking the language of the disbelievers fall under the hadith
He who copies any people is one of them.من تشبه بقوم فهو منهم؟
Sunan Abi Dawud 4031Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani)


Answer:
Speaking it out of necessity is permissible, but speaking it without necessity is forbidden, because it involves imitating them and abandoning the Arabic language.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم التكلم بلغة الكفار؟ وهل يدخل هذا في قوله –صلى الله عليه وسلم «من تشبه بقوم فهو منهم»؟ — youtube.com

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