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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Requiring Arabic in the Friday Sermon

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it a condition for the validity of the Friday sermon that it be in the Arabic language?

Answer:
Yes, it is not valid except in the Arabic language. If they are non-Arabs, it is delivered in Arabic and then translated for them. Yes.
Source شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، ذكر الآثار عن تابعي التابعين ومن بعدهم — islamhouse.com (1:06:48)

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