The ruling on the hadith: "If you learn the language of the people, you are safe from their treachery"
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The questioner:
This aligns with what those who advocate for the languages of the non-Arabs recite, namely the hadith: "If you learn the language of the people, you are safe from their treachery"?
The Shaykh:
This is fabricated. They narrate it as a hadith, but it is fabricated, as more than one person has pointed out, including Shaykh al-‘Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) in his book *Naqd al-Qawmiyyah al-‘Arabiyyah* (Critique of Arab Nationalism).
The presenter:
He said that this is fabricated.
The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed, every hadith of this kind is fabricated.
The presenter:
What Allah willed for you.
The Shaykh:
Also, its meaning is not correct; it is not a necessary condition.
The presenter:
Allah the Exalted knows best.
The Shaykh:
Even the Arabs, meaning you know their language, and they may still deceive you.
This aligns with what those who advocate for the languages of the non-Arabs recite, namely the hadith: "If you learn the language of the people, you are safe from their treachery"?
The Shaykh:
This is fabricated. They narrate it as a hadith, but it is fabricated, as more than one person has pointed out, including Shaykh al-‘Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) in his book *Naqd al-Qawmiyyah al-‘Arabiyyah* (Critique of Arab Nationalism).
The presenter:
He said that this is fabricated.
The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed, every hadith of this kind is fabricated.
The presenter:
What Allah willed for you.
The Shaykh:
Also, its meaning is not correct; it is not a necessary condition.
The presenter:
Allah the Exalted knows best.
The Shaykh:
Even the Arabs, meaning you know their language, and they may still deceive you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1082] نهي عمر رضي الله عنه عن التحدث بلغة الأعاجم |فوائد شرح اقتضاء الصراط المستقيم — youtube.com (1:27)
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