We have a domestic worker who wanted to convert to Islam, so she did, and then I wrote down some of the short surahs in her language for her to memorize. Is there any harm in that?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. You say you have a non-Muslim domestic worker, and you taught her Islam and she desired it, then she performed the prayer and fasting in the best manner. What should I do after that? And I wrote down some of the short surahs in her language for her to memorize. Is there any sin on me for that as well? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You did well in calling this woman to Islam, and that she responded to it. However, one does not enter Islam except with the two testimonies: the testimony that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, followed by the performance of the remaining pillars of Islam, such as the five daily prayers, fasting Ramadan, and Hajj if she is able to find the means to it. And if she has wealth that reaches the nisab and a lunar year has passed over it, she must pay its zakah.
The bottom line is that a disbeliever enters Islam by uttering the two testimonies, and after that he performs what Allah has made obligatory upon him from the obligations of Islam. So you did well in calling this woman to Islam and that she responded, but it is necessary for her to utter the two testimonies. As for your saying that you wrote down surahs from the Qur'an in her language, this is not possible; the Qur'an cannot be written in any language other than Arabic, because Allah revealed it in Arabic, and it is not possible to bring a phrase from other languages that takes the place of the Arabic language in terms of inimitability and style. What is permissible to write in a foreign language is the interpretation of the Qur'an; the interpretation of the Qur'an and the meaning of the Qur'an can be written in another language. As for the text of the Qur'an and the wording of the Qur'an, it is not permissible to write it in any language except the Arabic language in which it was revealed.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. You say you have a non-Muslim domestic worker, and you taught her Islam and she desired it, then she performed the prayer and fasting in the best manner. What should I do after that? And I wrote down some of the short surahs in her language for her to memorize. Is there any sin on me for that as well? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You did well in calling this woman to Islam, and that she responded to it. However, one does not enter Islam except with the two testimonies: the testimony that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, followed by the performance of the remaining pillars of Islam, such as the five daily prayers, fasting Ramadan, and Hajj if she is able to find the means to it. And if she has wealth that reaches the nisab and a lunar year has passed over it, she must pay its zakah.
The bottom line is that a disbeliever enters Islam by uttering the two testimonies, and after that he performs what Allah has made obligatory upon him from the obligations of Islam. So you did well in calling this woman to Islam and that she responded, but it is necessary for her to utter the two testimonies. As for your saying that you wrote down surahs from the Qur'an in her language, this is not possible; the Qur'an cannot be written in any language other than Arabic, because Allah revealed it in Arabic, and it is not possible to bring a phrase from other languages that takes the place of the Arabic language in terms of inimitability and style. What is permissible to write in a foreign language is the interpretation of the Qur'an; the interpretation of the Qur'an and the meaning of the Qur'an can be written in another language. As for the text of the Qur'an and the wording of the Qur'an, it is not permissible to write it in any language except the Arabic language in which it was revealed.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، لدينا شغالة رغبتها بالإسلام فأسلمت ثم كتبت لها بعض السور الصغيرة في لغتها لكي تحفظها، هل في ذلك حرج؟ — youtube.com
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