The Sermon in a Language Other Than Arabic
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the sermon valid in a language other than Arabic if the preacher fulfills the pillars of the sermon by reciting the verse and the praise, and then speaks in the language of the audience?
Answer:
If all the attendees are non-Arabs, there is no harm in delivering the sermon in their language. However, if the attendees are Arabs, or the majority of them are Arabs, it is delivered in Arabic, and the translation is provided for the foreigners afterward, after the sermon is finished. It is translated for the non-Arabs. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the sermon valid in a language other than Arabic if the preacher fulfills the pillars of the sermon by reciting the verse and the praise, and then speaks in the language of the audience?
Answer:
If all the attendees are non-Arabs, there is no harm in delivering the sermon in their language. However, if the attendees are Arabs, or the majority of them are Arabs, it is delivered in Arabic, and the translation is provided for the foreigners afterward, after the sermon is finished. It is translated for the non-Arabs. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 093 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / العدد / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:13:46)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.