Is there no mosque where the Friday sermon is delivered in Arabic? Is the Friday prayer obligatory for them in those mosques?
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Praise be to Allah alone, and peace and blessings be upon the one after whom there is no prophet. After that: The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta has reviewed what was sent to His Eminence the Grand Mufti from the honorable Director of the Center for Da'wah and Guidance in Dammam, reference number (22/1/505), dated 22/9/1431 AH, and referred to the Committee by the General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars with reference number (1273), dated 10/10/1431 AH. The question included the following text: We received a question, and its owner desires a fatwa from Your Eminence, as he states that he works at the Embassy of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in one of the foreign countries, and there are many mosques there, but they deliver the sermons in their language, and the Arabs do not understand
any of it, and there is no mosque where the Friday sermon is delivered in Arabic. Is the Friday prayer obligatory for them in those mosques, or do they pray alone at the embassy or other places? And are they obligated to strive to build a mosque for themselves so that they can benefit from the sermon?
After the Committee studied the inquiry, it answered: The Friday prayer is obligatory for them with the Muslims in the country where they reside, following the example of others; because they are not residents. If a mosque becomes available where the imam delivers the sermon in the Arabic language, they should pray in it.
any of it, and there is no mosque where the Friday sermon is delivered in Arabic. Is the Friday prayer obligatory for them in those mosques, or do they pray alone at the embassy or other places? And are they obligated to strive to build a mosque for themselves so that they can benefit from the sermon?
After the Committee studied the inquiry, it answered: The Friday prayer is obligatory for them with the Muslims in the country where they reside, following the example of others; because they are not residents. If a mosque becomes available where the imam delivers the sermon in the Arabic language, they should pray in it.
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