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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Supplication in the Witr Prayer in a Language Other Than Arabic for One Who Does Not Know It

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Question:
Is it permissible to recite the supplication in the Witr prayer in a language other than Arabic for one who does not know it?

Answer:
Yes, the one who does not know Arabic supplicates in his own language,
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacityلَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
[Al-Baqarah 2:286]
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Source المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-05-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (41:37)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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