Is it authentic that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Arabic is not your father or your mother, but Arabic is the tongue; whoever speaks Arabic is an Arab”?
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The questioner : Is it authentic from his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: ? Where is its source? And from whom was it narrated?
The Shaykh : The hadith is very weak in terms of its chain of narration. It is in “Al-Tarikh al-Kabir” by Ibn Asakir, which has not yet been printed, and there is a narrator in its chain who is abandoned (as a source), but his name does not come to mind.
Arabic is not your father or your mother, but Arabic is the tongue; whoever speaks Arabic is an Arab
ليست العربية من أحدكم بأبٍ ولا أمٍّ ، ولكن العربية اللسان ؛ فَمَن تكلَّم العربية فهو عربيThe Shaykh : The hadith is very weak in terms of its chain of narration. It is in “Al-Tarikh al-Kabir” by Ibn Asakir, which has not yet been printed, and there is a narrator in its chain who is abandoned (as a source), but his name does not come to mind.
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