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A preacher delivering a sermon in a language the worshippers do not understand

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from Britain says: The preacher in our mosque in Britain delivers the sermon in Arabic and then in Somali, and the Muslims there do not speak either of these two languages. They have complained about his action and were forced to go to other mosques that are not Salafi. They do not attend this mosque. His question is: Is it permissible in this situation to translate the sermon into English after the two sermons and before the iqamah (the second call to prayer)?

Answer:
What is the solution? They are going to other mosques. If the preacher does not adhere to the rulings of the sermon, then the person responsible for the Islamic center is informed about him. The person responsible for the Islamic center replaces him with someone else who adheres to the Shari'ah sermon and the language in which he delivers it. The mosque is under his supervision; it is not left to the whims of the imam. He is responsible for it and has supervision over it from the Islamic center.
Source المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 28-05-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (1:11:03)

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