Must the Friday Khuṭbah be in Arabic? | Ask Shaykh YQ EP 250

[@ebs7321]

This type of video is the reason why I like this Shaykh

[@anonymous-il9sd]

Don't tie your islam to one sheikh, he is only human You should research about him before liking him. May Allah guide him

[@ebs7321]

@@anonymous-il9sd how do you know my Islam is tied to one Shaykh? I just made one comment about one video and now you’re assuming my Islam is tied to one Shaykh, crazy

[@kemchy3838]

​@@anonymous-il9sdwhen you make dua for guidance for an individual. It's better to say may Allah guide us....that way you're asking for guidance for yourself too, unless of course you feel like you're already guided and need no more guidance

[@safwanhamza]

Mashallah , such a "WISE" talk.

[@maps1997]

Subhanallah سُـبْـحَـانَ ٱلله اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِAlhamdulillah اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر‎AllahuAkbar لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللهْ. Laa ilaaha illallaah مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ ‎

[@fathimashanaz4412]

Jazakallah khair Sheikh

[@nadeemshaikh7077]

I admire your strength to voice your opinion in such times where people are so less tolerant towards any other opinion.

[@Solarsooo]

Here in Nova Scotia each sentence in khotbah is said by imam in both Arabic and English

[@sidibouchrit]

This is a very logical and very straightforward answer : Give the Hutba in the language of the people,but recite the Quranic verses and the Ahadiths in Arabic; Then translate those verses and Ahadiths in the language of the congregation! Simple and easy ! I rest my case !

[@FnD4212]

I agree!

[@nahiduddin9105]

Deen is not based on logic, if that was the case then other acts of worship should be in the language of the people so people understand.

[@sidibouchrit]

@@nahiduddin9105 ,You are mixing apples and oranges!

[@FnD4212]

@@nahiduddin9105The use of logic are the reason we are separate from other religion. Otherwise, there are no different Islam than other cult/religion. Faith only comes when dealing with Allah commandment.

[@sofbash]

This was a wise, balanced and gentle refutation of the mistaken argument that the Friday Khutbah should be in Arabic only. However, there should always be some Arabic in the Khutbah, so that the people become more and more familiar with Islamic and Quranic words and phrases for they have much deeper meanings than the simple translations. It is sad that the Ummah does not use Arabic as much as it perhaps used to. But insisting that the Khutbah is in Arabic won’t change that. It is now the utmost priority to teach the next generation, who are growing up in non-Arabic speaking, or non-Muslim majority countries, so that they understand their Deen in their own language and gradually develop an interest in learning Quranic Arabic.

[@maganhassan2627]

I don't mind certain Arabic phrases used in the khutbah as long as they tell me what that means otherwise again what's the point of learning islam in khutbahs I don't get you see?

[@kemchy3838]

Is it a mistaken argument? or just a different opinion?

[@sofbash]

@@kemchy3838 to paraphrase Imam Shafi : The other opinion is mistaken, with the possibility that it is right. And this opinion (of mine) is correct, with the possibility that it is wrong.

[@IbnSaifi]

Shaykh Taqi Usmani is the scholar he’s referring to

[@vvaloachi7263]

A Great & wise talk.

[@omarc1419]

My country would do khutbah in our languages and,but the duah in Arabic

[@ziizoziizo3553]

A sheikh in somalia said that its completely haram to make khutbah in somali language. I was so confused.

[@azraa7110]

Salaam from Nottingham Uk It make sense for khutba to be in local language Jazakallah khairaan sheikh

[@mdmhussain9357]

I'll give you a 100/100 for this shaikh, I absolutely agree with you, I don't care what the majority say, it doesn't make sense to give khutba in Arabic where most don't understand it, our Islam is beautiful and logical, it's a debate for irrational people, Allah doesn't burden any soul with anything they can't bear, how can khutba is Arabic be mandatory when it doesn't benefit us, we Al ham do Lilla don't care what the majority said on this regard

[@abdallemohamoud1983]

I will hope sheikh grant hi.

[@Afthab19]

Dear sheikh , your critics doesn't listen to your views properly and are criticizing you using logical fallacies and quoting you out of context. Don't worry my dear sheikh Allah knows your heart and he knows your sincerity

[@watchmyplaylisttoopenyoureyes]

Please don't always assume a sense of insincerity when reading comments.

[@ryanexplorer]

So sad to see what happens in some local mosques here, 90% off the community doesn't understand arabic YET the Khutbahs happen... in arabic. Never made sense to me. *In Europe btw.

[@watchmyplaylisttoopenyoureyes]

Surah Fatiha, the surah followed by it, dua in ruku, sujood, Attahiyaat, darood etc, does it make sense in arabic sister?

[@milakhani21]

Then learn arabic. If you cant, then also make salah in your language. Whats the point of having a conversation with Allah in Arabic!!

[@ryanexplorer]

@@milakhani21 lol you're just making fun of your QI level at this point, may Allah guide your soul.

[@milakhani21]

@@ryanexplorer Oh ok!! You got me!! You are so guided!! I am just misguided and a moron.

[@milakhani21]

@@ryanexplorer All I did was learn Arabic for a chunk of my life, then teach it for the last 21 years. Give khutbahs in Arabic, nikahs in arabic, give talks in churches, synagogues, And have a nice amount of people take shahadah. But I am a moron and misguided. Ma Sha Allah, thank you.

[@zak2509]

Yes, there's no specific ayah or hadith that indicates the juma khutba should be in Arabic but there's also no explicit evidence that the azaan or the salah should also be. There are many counter arguments One sahabi was known do give bayaan before khutbah Secoundly علم سياسة شرعية. Arabic needs to be promoted not discouraged this will open up doors for Jahula. Zikrullah principally and predominantly is in Arabic. Counter to the Need for English is that the modernists have now started to do Salah in English. If people coming only once a week then then Deen should not be downgraded. Next will be the Adhaan. Wonder how that would sound. 🤔

[@liamfred9011]

Can you be explicit about your position? You seem to be vaguely disagreeing but without actually saying it

[@kassimsheikh953]

Giving the lecture in swahili or chinnese doesnt down grade the deen..what if the lecture made someone closer to Allah? And yhh salah is in arabic and its explicit..pray as u see me pray..and athan is in arabic aswel..when the propbet said to the sahabi to TEACH bilal what to say..not to TELL him what to say...The point is there is no explicit evidennce from quran or sunnah to do khutbah in arabic..Allah knows best!

[@TarekMidani]

Aah the slippery slope argument. It's a valid argument. So. We have to look at أذان in particular then, right? It was revealed in the dreams of 2 sahaba and so it was important to our Nabi ﷺ that they say the أذان be word for word. And so there's no reason or push to change that. There's a lot of good evidence for it to be in Arabic. The reason there's shouldn't be a switch is because Azan is all about tradition since when the مؤذن shouts it, our towns are now so big, no one hears him. So the whole concept of Azan has become about sticking to tradition even when apps can do the job better in our modern times of huge cities. The khutbah was given in the language of its listeners. Any talented public speaker like our Nabi ﷺ would know to curtail the talk to who the audience is. His khutbas were always short ~10 minutes. Sadly we've left his sunna & tradition in this

[@zak2509]

@@TarekMidani aah, what a coincidence. A video of the shaykh doing a juma khutba in Arabic?!! Who'd have guessed! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5qYmXt7p52eiZI

[@TarekMidani]

@@zak2509 mashallah that's beautiful, south africa's khutbas actually resembles the prophetic khutbas. umm also if you wanna prove your point, send me one where he did Azan or Salat in English قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ (لَا فَضْلَ لِعَرَبِيٍّ عَلَى عَجَمِيٍّ إِلَّا بِالتَّقْوَى) رَوَاهُ أَحْمَد فِي مُسْنَدِهِ

[@realaveragejon]

If the khutbah was in arabic.. I would fall asleep because I dont understand at all.

[@shahji5119]

Non arabs like hanafis of Pakistan who are on the position that khutbah must be in arabic, the khutbah isn't more than 4 to 5 minutes and is always the same because even the imam doesn't know arabic but yes the bayan which sheikh is talking about is about 30 minutes

[@kemchy3838]

​@@shahji5119loll , none of the imams understand Arabic???

[@shahji5119]

@@kemchy3838 I was talking about the khateeb, the one who gives khutbah

[@naila..]

JazakAllah

[@changeuaself]

And one of the reason for those scholars strictly forbading the qutbah other than arabic....because the masses wouldn't take efforts or show some concern for learning Arabic and may never learn arabic. Indeed today we must think,think and rethink what's better may almighty guide us aameen

[@shahji5119]

I think that common people will only make effort to learn arabic if it is made official in non arab countries. In Pakistan khutbah is given in arabic but hardly any one has made effort to learn arabic.

[@optimumlevel8121]

I wonder who the Scholar is that Shaykh Yasir Qadhi is making reference to about the treatises?

[@zfreak1234]

Mufti Taqi Usmani

[@spiritzen]

I wonder if it can be mixed, parts in English and Arabic? Or even multiple languages such as Somali, Bengali and Urdu! A local Somali Imam speaks Urdu fluently.

[@mdmhussain9357]

Mix it like its hot you mean? Would you put turmeric in a chicken before grilling it? I donno man but mixing up always creates problems I think

[@spiritzen]

@@mdmhussain9357 I’ve been at khutbahs that begin in Arabic, switch to English and end in Arabic. Without a bayan before it. So I take it that this is one way of keeping both traditions. I understand Arabic and it’s quite sad to see rote scripts being sang at khutbahs with little benefit to the congregation. I’ve also been at amazing Arabic only khutbahs, usually in Arab majority mosques and they’re great.

[@samimaaroufi4841]

@@spiritzen My teacher of Malik fiqh told me that this is okay in the Maliki shook. It is in a sense like you are giving the khutba in Arabic ...Than you translate the meaning in another language. That's why he accept this idea.

[@watchmyplaylisttoopenyoureyes]

Surah Fatiha, the surah followed by it, dua in ruku, sujood, Attahiyaat, Darood etc, then would you say to do it in local language?

[@azraa7110]

The question is about khutba not salah

[@watchmyplaylisttoopenyoureyes]

@@azraa7110 you are missing the point here

[@TarekMidani]

Go to minute 13 you'll get your answer. "As the fiqh council said," you can't read quran in English. But you can translate it. Quick question, what is darood? دَرود؟ I've never heard of this Arabic word

[@watchmyplaylisttoopenyoureyes]

@@TarekMidani In any act of worship, one cannot change things. Neither can we read surah and other dua inside salat in English nor should we do the same for Khutbah. The logic of justification for Khutbah in English language can be used for non religious things which do not come under worship. Please correct me if my understanding is wrong.

[@TarekMidani]

@@watchmyplaylisttoopenyoureyes good point. Counter point: any act done for the sake of Allah is worship. If you're working to provide for your family for the sake of Allah that is worship. Worship عبادة is not just jumaa and salat. It's also when you give charity زكاة which you can do in English or American coins. It doesn't have to be the gold and silver of Rome and Persia from the times of our prophet ﷺ. And yes according to some scholars, you can do parts of salat prayers (not Fatiha) in English or Urdu especially if you're a new convert. For example a hadith وأما السجود فأكثروا فيه من الدعاء: we were told to make lots lots of dua during sujood by our prophet ﷺ. You can do this in English/Urdu/etc if you don't know how to make sincere dua in Arabic

[@IAmMamunHasan]

which treaty he was talking about?

[@nawidafghan94]

I think he was talking about Mufti Taqi Usmani‘s treatise „The Language of the Friday Khutbah“

[@ahmeda.3198]

Treatise, which is a broad summary of some field (Max Plank wrote ‘A Treatise on Thermodynamics’), that is different from a treaty.

[@afsarquader4135]

Well said , makes sense. Just want to know the reason of the second adhan just before khutba.

[@brother6862]

so this one is the main one (second). Usman ibn Afaan introduced the earlier one to call people from trade and to let them know its time for Jummah. allah knows best, please correct if I am wrong. this is what I've heard

[@adam9841]

@@brother6862 this is also what my form 3 syllabus taught me

[@MrAdam775]

Its a bidah hasana bro Yasir.

[@anonymous-il9sd]

PLEASE REPENT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE and come back to the right path. Allah has blessed you with knowledge don't misguide this ummah fear Allah this dunya is nothing compared to what Allah has in store for the believers.

[@aa6238]

where can we ask questions?

[@muhammadumarismail9145]

Must the Friday Khuṭbah be in Arabic? | Ask Shaykh Yasir Qadhi EP 250 Main Evidence: • Prophet(Pbuh) always gave in Arabic so we must give in Arabic. • It is true that majority of scholars ,said that in cases where even 1 person can speak Arabic it must be given in Arabic. • The Hambali and Maliki even say that if no one can understand Arabic he must read it in Arabic. 2nd Opinion • If everybody doesn’t understand Arabic than it can be given in any other language it is the default position of the Sha’afi school and some of the Hambali scholar 3rd Opinion. • Msutahab to be done in Arabic but not a condition and if the khateeb wants to give it in any other language & this is the alleged position of imam Abu Hanifa. • The person says that he is mis understood. • Lots of ulama has understood from Imam Abu Hanifa. DEFAULT: • Majority of schools that it should be given in Arabic. • How ever is the majority position always the best one to follow. • Reforming an understanding. • Rethinking in these types of issues where there is no explicit command in the Quran and Sunnah. • He(pbuh) did it in Arabic it doesn’t mean it is binding on us because it was his language and the people spoke Arabic. For the majority of our history people understood Arabic. • He never said the Khutbah should remain in Arabic. • To make it binding & to say to a group of people who don’t understand Arabic and they are coming to a masjid one time a week and you give it in Arabic ? Goal of Khutbah • Remembrance is in the language of people. • The Prophet(pbuh) spoke the language of his own people. DR.YASIR QADHI • You want to follow the sunnah, but you also have established 2 khutbahs, in reality you have it in the local language + Arabic. He did not do so. • Authentic Hadith , “No communal activity before the Jum’ah.” • Attention span would be limited, those people instituted something who contradict the sunnah. • Circumstances have changed. • We have 2 extremes in things extreme literalist and some rethink everything and don’t have respect of the tradition. • Did Allah & his messenger said??Did the Scholars said it? • Khutbah of Eid & Jum’ah in lands where people don’t understand Arabic may be given in their local language ,not necessary to be given in Arabic rather it should facilitate learning of Islam, but the Quran should be recited in Arabic only but should be translated. • Similar of the Jordan and Egyptian councils. • I am not aware of any global fiqh council that is anything different from what mentioned.

[@MrAjiii]

The problem is not about the fatwa. The problem is most of us don't prioritise learning Arabic. Our shayukh are just trying their best. If you were paid a new car to learn Arabic you'd do it.

[@kassimsheikh953]

Yhh its true but we have enough motivation to learn arabic..we pray 5 times a day..full arabic..we are supoose to do morning and evening adhkar..arabic aswel..reciting quran..arabic aswel....and rembr these are supoose to daily rituals. So we have enough to motivates us if we are really sincere but let us also not try to stretch arabic into everythng,we need to be practical in this regard! Allah knws best

[@anonymous2150]

Islam is not islamic imperialism. Islam is an ideology. Islam is knowledge. If anyone doesn't know Arabic then what's the point of giving khuthbah in Arabic. What people learn from this lecture?

[@abuyasin9278]

This is the khutbah, it is a part of the Salah. It isn't something we should be debating about because the next step is we'll be debating reciting prayers and reading Quran not in Arabic since people don't understand it. Understand how shaytain works, in baby steps to destroy Islam. Taking the path part of Salah ok to be in non-Arabic is a slippery path. There is a reason why the majority are against this.

[@nayemrahman80]

why in arabic any one know arabic.

[@anonymous2150]

May be i am wrong but i think our scholars made islam tough to follow some times. Our classical ulama is not prophet.

[@hasanashraf9640]

I’m just curious. Why limit this to the khutbah? Why not give English adhans and salahs as well? There is no specific command or Hadith which requires Arabic for the adhan either? Ataturk actually wanted adhans to be given in Turkish. Seems like Yasir Qadhi and Ataturk are birds of a feather

[@nawidafghan94]

Not giving a Fatwa here my bro but just like you, I’m a layman as well and everybody knows that Atatürk is not a reference in Fiqh of Salah or in any other islamic field 😅 It is a Fardh of Salah to recite Qur‘an. Any translation can never capture the beauty and complexity of the Arabic language and would thus be a mere translation and not Qur‘an. So the prayer would be invalidated by reading translations. And the other Dua‘s in Salah any kid can learn, arab or non-arab. I‘m not an arab and learned those Dua‘s as a child. Same for all my friends and relatives. If there is Ijma on reading Salah in Arabic, which might very well be the case, then that is binding on the whole Ummah. The issue with the Khutbah is a different issue which there is discussion about.

[@nadeemshaikh7077]

well idea is simple. Khutbah is meant to be understood by poeple gathered so they gain knowledge. while adhan is just a call to prayer which everyone understands it!. Where as for salah he said clearly! anything recited from the quran must be in arabic!. Always try to atleast listen and understand what the other person is trying to convey instead of taking it too literally and apply it at other levels as comparison to demean or disprove.

[@liamfred9011]

@@nadeemshaikh7077 don't take this guy seriously. He's saying anyone who disagrees with him is like the enemy of Islam who wants to destroy islam

[@Afthab19]

Dear brother, before you compare Yasir Qadhi with a heretic lunatic like Mustafa Kamal, just compare their profiles. Yasir Qadhi has made numerous video playlists of thousands of hours which has helped the Ummah to become better muslims, whereas Mustafa Kamal deliberately waged war against Islam

[@milakhani21]

@@nadeemshaikh7077 Salah is also meant to be understood. You are having a conversation with Allah. Only surah fatiha and another surah is Quran. Then with your logic, make the rest of salah in your language.