The Ruling on Traveling to the Lands of Disbelievers to Learn Their Language
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: Is it permissible to go to the lands of disbelievers to learn their language?
Answer:
Their language, my brother, you can learn it here today. Today, there is more of it here, and unfortunately, the foreign language is more prevalent in the lands of Muslims than in the lands of disbelievers. So there is no need to go to learn the language; it is available here. In fact, they have now made it obligatory in primary schools for the children. There is no power and no strength except with Allah.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: Is it permissible to go to the lands of disbelievers to learn their language?
Answer:
Their language, my brother, you can learn it here today. Today, there is more of it here, and unfortunately, the foreign language is more prevalent in the lands of Muslims than in the lands of disbelievers. So there is no need to go to learn the language; it is available here. In fact, they have now made it obligatory in primary schools for the children. There is no power and no strength except with Allah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2197] حكم السفر إلى بلاد الكفار لتعلم لغتهم - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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