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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is your opinion of an Arab who loves a language other than that of the Arabs?

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The questioner : The Arab is original in his language and speech, and he aims for the non-Arab countries more than he loves the Arab countries.

The Shaykh : The non-Arab ones.

The questioner : He loves the non-Arab ones more than he loves the Arab ones.

The Shaykh : Yes, because it is his origin.

The questioner : He is a problem.

The Shaykh : His origin is this; he loves his father, his mother, his grandfather, and his grandmother.

The questioner : No, he is an Arab himself, in tongue and origin.

The Shaykh : His tongue and his origin.

The questioner : Yes, indeed.

The Shaykh : And he loves the non-Arabs.

The questioner : And that he loves the Western countries more than he loves the Arabs.

The Shaykh : ... There is no good in that.

The questioner : But he is considered an Arab, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Ah?

The questioner : He is considered an Arab...

The Shaykh : He is considered an Arab in tongue and lineage, but he is not an Arab in thought.
Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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