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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Does translating the words of the Qur'an into a language other than Arabic fall under the prohibition?

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The questioner : Poetry is the provision. Sa'd al-Ma'ali. I previously mentioned that if you said, this is a question from Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad. Raise your hand, he says: Does the prohibition of translating the words of the Qur'an into a non-Arabic language include writing the word or two words for someone who finds it difficult to pronounce Arabic due to his old age?

The Shaykh : This is translated for him by meaning, and he does not recite it. Recitation must be in Arabic. May Allah help us. If he knows the other words, he knows these two words here, like what?

The questioner : If he cannot pronounce this word, he knows it in the language, so he pronounces it.

The Shaykh : He does not pronounce it, even if incorrectly, it is better than translating it. For example, if he says, for instance, "ka'asf," for example, it does not contradict; it is better than bringing the whole word in a language other than Arabic. Listen to my words: he should pronounce the word in Arabic, even if he makes a mistake in it, and not replace the whole word with a non-Arabic one.
Source الفتاوى الثلاثية (1) - 2 — binothaimeen.net (54:41)

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