The Meaning of the Hadith: "Whoever Learns the Language of a People Is Safe from Their Treachery"
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is this from the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever learns the language of a people is safe from their treachery"?
Answer:
Because it is possible that some scholars can be married, it is possible that some scholars can be married. One may know their evil if one knows their language; one may benefit from that. If one knows their evil, one may be safe from their treachery; otherwise, one may be deceived. But in any case, knowing their language is a means to knowing the evil they possess. Yes.
The questioner asks: Is this from the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever learns the language of a people is safe from their treachery"?
Answer:
Because it is possible that some scholars can be married, it is possible that some scholars can be married. One may know their evil if one knows their language; one may benefit from that. If one knows their evil, one may be safe from their treachery; otherwise, one may be deceived. But in any case, knowing their language is a means to knowing the evil they possess. Yes.
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مع إخوة في الله - ابن باز - ١ — archive.org (1:19:05)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.