Is a Muslim prohibited from speaking English with someone who understands Arabic?

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The questioner : Shaykh, does this apply when... Arab doctors or pilots, meaning, Arabs converse with each other in English.

The Shaykh : Yes, they are prohibited from that, from conversing in English.

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