The Ruling on Learning Poetry, Prosody, and Grammar in the Mosque
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on learning poetry, learning the meters and rhythms of poetry, and engaging in them, whether this is inside the mosque or outside of it?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with that, because this is knowledge from which you benefit. Learning the science of prosody, the meters of poetry, and rhyme is permissible. This is one of the arts of the Arabic language. It is permissible to learn the Arabic language in the mosque, yes, with its various arts, yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Learning grammar and inflection in the mosque is the same. Prosody is like inflection and grammar, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on learning poetry, learning the meters and rhythms of poetry, and engaging in them, whether this is inside the mosque or outside of it?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with that, because this is knowledge from which you benefit. Learning the science of prosody, the meters of poetry, and rhyme is permissible. This is one of the arts of the Arabic language. It is permissible to learn the Arabic language in the mosque, yes, with its various arts, yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Learning grammar and inflection in the mosque is the same. Prosody is like inflection and grammar, yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 22-05-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (58:00)
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