The Grading of the Hadith: “Whoever learns the language of the non-Arabs has become a hypocrite”

Question:
I heard from one of the scholars a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: meaning: he has become a hypocrite. Is this hadith authentic? And if it is authentic, what is the ruling on traveling to the lands of disbelief to learn the English language? Please inform us, may Allah preserve you.

Answer:
This has no basis. or: This is an error; it has no basis. Likewise, what has become widespread on the tongues of people: “Whoever learns the language of a people is safe from their treachery” is not a hadith.
However, it is permissible to learn the language of a people if there is a benefit in it: English, French, or otherwise, if there is a need for it: a worldly benefit or a religious benefit. There is no harm in learning it for the sake of benefit, not for the desire of it itself, but for a benefit: to get a job with it, to work in trade, needing it for trade. If he learns it in a way that does not harm him in his religion and does not cause him harm in his religion, then there is no harm in that when there is a need. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Zayd ibn Thabit to learn the language of the Jews due to the need for it.