The ruling on translating the Friday sermon before the adhan
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. We explain the Friday sermon before the adhan for the Friday prayer because our people do not understand Arabic. Then, after the adhan, the imam delivers the sermon in Arabic. Is what we do an innovation? What is your guidance on this?
Answer:
It is permissible to translate the sermon for those who need the translation. It is permissible to translate it after the sermon ends, for example, after the prayer, one translates the sermon for those present, or they are in a specific place where it is translated for them. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. We explain the Friday sermon before the adhan for the Friday prayer because our people do not understand Arabic. Then, after the adhan, the imam delivers the sermon in Arabic. Is what we do an innovation? What is your guidance on this?
Answer:
It is permissible to translate the sermon for those who need the translation. It is permissible to translate it after the sermon ends, for example, after the prayer, one translates the sermon for those present, or they are in a specific place where it is translated for them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-069-ضوابط الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:04:28)
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