What is the ruling on calling the Fajr Sunnah al-Raghayibah?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Sometimes we get confused in knowing some terms, like the word al-Raqibah that the brother asked about.
The Shaykh : Al-Raghayibah.
The questioner : Al-Raqibah.
The Shaykh : No, it is al-Raghayibah with a ghayn, not a qaf.
The questioner : Al-Raghayibah. We have agreed among ourselves that it is specific to the Fajr Sunnah. So, do we follow what we have agreed upon, or do we take the correct term, which is the Fajr Sunnah?
The Shaykh : In any case, if a person addresses you in his language, answer him in his language. But it is better to keep the legal terms as they are, so it is said: the Fajr Sunnah. And for that reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:, because the Bedouins call it al-Atamah, while it is called al-Isha in the Book of Allah. So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the Bedouins from imposing their language on us, even though they are Arabs. But unfortunately, now the Muslims have been imposed upon by the Berbers and non-Arabs in their language. So now, the one who tries to be clever uses the English language, for example. It has even reached me that some people, out of their ignorance, speak English in their ordinary gatherings, and they are Arabs. This indicates personal weakness to the utmost degree, and a lack of understanding of the religion of Allah. And 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), out of his care for the Arabic language, which is the language of the Qur'an and the Hadith, would strike whoever spoke in Persian or in a non-Arabic language. The point is that from today, call al-Raghayibah the Fajr Sunnah.
The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Sometimes we get confused in knowing some terms, like the word al-Raqibah that the brother asked about.
The Shaykh : Al-Raghayibah.
The questioner : Al-Raqibah.
The Shaykh : No, it is al-Raghayibah with a ghayn, not a qaf.
The questioner : Al-Raghayibah. We have agreed among ourselves that it is specific to the Fajr Sunnah. So, do we follow what we have agreed upon, or do we take the correct term, which is the Fajr Sunnah?
The Shaykh : In any case, if a person addresses you in his language, answer him in his language. But it is better to keep the legal terms as they are, so it is said: the Fajr Sunnah. And for that reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: