Is a non-Arabic-speaking Muslim excused for doing things that involve shirk (associating partners with Allah) because he is a non-Arab?
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Question:
The questioner says: A person who memorizes the Qur'an but is a non-Arab, and does things that involve shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as circumambulating graves and supplicating to the dead, is he excused for this because he is a non-Arab?
Answer:
He is not excused, because he is able to learn. He can memorize the Qur'an, learn the meanings of the Qur'an, or memorize the Qur'an only by its words without knowing its meanings. It is obligatory for him to learn the meanings of the Qur'an from the people of language. Yes.
The questioner says: A person who memorizes the Qur'an but is a non-Arab, and does things that involve shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as circumambulating graves and supplicating to the dead, is he excused for this because he is a non-Arab?
Answer:
He is not excused, because he is able to learn. He can memorize the Qur'an, learn the meanings of the Qur'an, or memorize the Qur'an only by its words without knowing its meanings. It is obligatory for him to learn the meanings of the Qur'an from the people of language. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يعذر الأعجمي المسلم الذي يفعل أمورا شركية بأعجميته؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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