Translating the sermon for non-Arabic speakers
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The questioner:
What happens if the listeners do not understand the language of the jurist? Does the translator stand up and translate after every section?
The Shaykh:
They listen and do not disturb the people. If someone translates for them after the prayer, there is no harm. Or during the sermon, if he is proficient in the language and speaks about some of its meaning, if the majority do not understand, there is no harm, if Allah wills, for the sake of public benefit. If we translate some of the words for them in this sermon, and if he is proficient in that and they are many,
Another questioner:
What is the difference between the Arab and the non-Arab if the people are not Arabs?
The Shaykh:
There is no harm if one comes to translate and then leaves. Yes. During the sermon. It does not harm. Sometimes people are present who speak only Urdu or Nizari, and he is an Arab who has little Arabic, meaning he reads just a recitation. He reads and translates for them, or translates a word for them. This is more cautious. Yes. It must be between the two benefits. Yes.
The questioner:
Yes. Translating the sermon between the two sermons, is that the case?
The Shaykh:
During the sermon, during the sermon, each one in its time.
Another questioner:
I mean, for example, the first sermon is found in Arabic.
The Shaykh:
Because the purpose is to remind them and advise them. Yes.
What happens if the listeners do not understand the language of the jurist? Does the translator stand up and translate after every section?
The Shaykh:
They listen and do not disturb the people. If someone translates for them after the prayer, there is no harm. Or during the sermon, if he is proficient in the language and speaks about some of its meaning, if the majority do not understand, there is no harm, if Allah wills, for the sake of public benefit. If we translate some of the words for them in this sermon, and if he is proficient in that and they are many,
Another questioner:
What is the difference between the Arab and the non-Arab if the people are not Arabs?
The Shaykh:
There is no harm if one comes to translate and then leaves. Yes. During the sermon. It does not harm. Sometimes people are present who speak only Urdu or Nizari, and he is an Arab who has little Arabic, meaning he reads just a recitation. He reads and translates for them, or translates a word for them. This is more cautious. Yes. It must be between the two benefits. Yes.
The questioner:
Yes. Translating the sermon between the two sermons, is that the case?
The Shaykh:
During the sermon, during the sermon, each one in its time.
Another questioner:
I mean, for example, the first sermon is found in Arabic.
The Shaykh:
Because the purpose is to remind them and advise them. Yes.
Source
التعليق على بعض أحاديث موطأ مالك، من أول باب: النَّظَرِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ إِلَى مَا يَشْغَلُكَ عَنْهَا، إلى باب: مَا جَاءَ فِي صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ — islamhouse.com (27:24)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.