The Ruling on Delivering the Friday and Festival Sermons in a Language Other Than Arabic

Question:
May Allah reward you. The listener, Bashir Abu Bakr Ahmad Hindi, a resident of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, says: Is it permissible to deliver the Friday sermon or the festival sermons in a language other than Arabic? Please inform us about this. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
It is not permissible to deliver it in a language other than Arabic, because Arabic is the original language. If there are non-Arabs among the worshippers, it is translated for them; it is delivered in Arabic and then translated into their language. However, if all the attendees are non-Arabs, there is no harm in delivering it to them in a language other than Arabic, in the language they understand. So, the outcome is that if all the attendees are non-Arabs, the sermon is delivered to them in the language they understand. But if there are Arabs among them as well as non-Arabs, it is obligatory to deliver it in Arabic, and it is translated into the language of the non-Arab attendees present. Yes.