The ruling on changing the language of the sermon
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Question:
Abu Hurayrah, the Shaykh, may Allah protect you, if the sermon is changed to a language other than Arabic when most of the attendees, or all of them, do not know Arabic?
Answer:
Yes, one of the conditions of the sermon, as mentioned in the commentary, is that it be in Arabic, provided one is able to do so. However, if all the attendees are non-Arabs, the sermon is delivered in their language. But if there is an Arab among the attendees, it is delivered in Arabic and translated for the non-Arabs.
Abu Hurayrah, the Shaykh, may Allah protect you, if the sermon is changed to a language other than Arabic when most of the attendees, or all of them, do not know Arabic?
Answer:
Yes, one of the conditions of the sermon, as mentioned in the commentary, is that it be in Arabic, provided one is able to do so. However, if all the attendees are non-Arabs, the sermon is delivered in their language. But if there is an Arab among the attendees, it is delivered in Arabic and translated for the non-Arabs.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/38 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (3:12)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.