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[quote]Brother Waseem Walaykum Salam Quote:-In my humble opinion and with my very limited knowledge. I totally agree with the argument.I strongly believe that Islam addresses the logic of mind. Brother how do you reply the following points in this regards. 1. The consistent practice of the Ummah throughout centuries has been to deliver the Friday-Khutbah in Arabic even in the non-Arab. countries. Why should the contemporary Muslims deviate from the consistent practice? 2. Khutbah is a part of the Jumuah prayer, hence a mode of worship. The modes of worship are not open to our rational opinion. They have certain prescribed forms which must permanent act and should never be changed through our rational arguments. Once this door is opened in one form of worship, there is no reason why other forms are not subjected to similar changes. The Argument in favour of an Urdu or English Khutbah my open the door for an Urdu or English Adhan and Salah also on the same analogy. The ways of worship are meant for creating a sense of obedience and submission. A Muslim is supposed to perform these acts as an obedient slave of Allah, without questioning the rationality of these acts, otherwise throwing stones on the Jamarat of Mina or rushing across Safa and Marwah are all apparently irrational acts; but, being the slaves of Allah, we have to perform these acts as modes of worship. This is exactly what the word 'Ibadah' means. Any alteration in these ways on the basis of one's opinion is contrary to the very sense and philosophy of 'Ibadah' or worship. Quote:-Furthermore, we take the issue of reciting the Qur'an in arabic without knowing the language. The Qur'an is the Book of Guidance, the purpose of this Book is to Guide us.How can we gain guidance if we cannot understand it. Thus it is essential that we either learn arabic and I mean the Qur'anic arabic or a translation/tafseer in the language that we can understand. No one stops you brother from learning the Quran and arabic.Once one will do that he will know whats he reciting during Five Salat and Friday Khutbah.As people don’t stop reciting Quran in arabic even after learning the arabic let the Friday khutbah in arabic it’s the act of ibadah like salat if you are very keen to know the content of Friday Khutbah learn it. Quote:-I feel that listening to the Khutbah , which is in arabic and it seems in some cases read and repeated from a Book defeats the whole object of khutbah.. Brother its very true that both of us knows only a little about our deen.What is the object of Khutbah we don’t know.We got lean it that what is the object of Khutbah.Here is our chance to do that. In a number of authentic ahadith also, the Khutbah of Friday has been referred to as Dhikr. For example in a Hadith reported by Imam al-Bukhari the Holy Prophet while persuading Muslims to go to the Masjid on Friday at the earliest, has said: "And when the Imam comes out (to deliver Khutbah) the angels come to listen to the Dhikr (Khutabah). (Sahih al-Bukhari Vol. 1, p. 121 Hadith NO. 881) In another narration, the same principle has been established in the following words: "And when imam comes out (for Kuhutbah) the angels close their books (recording the noble deeds) and listen to the Dhikr (i.e. Khutbah)". (Sahih al-Bukhari V. 1, p. 127 Hadith NO. 929) Based on this particular characteristic of the Khutbah of Friday it is admittedly subject to certain rules which are not applicable to normal religious lectures. Some of these rules are the following: (i) It is a mandatory requirement for a valid Khutbah on Friday to contain at least one verse from the Holy Qur'aan without which the Khutbah is not valid, while in normal lectures no recitation from the Holy Qur'aan is necessary. (ii) Another mandatory rule is that it must contain some words in praise of Allah Almighty and for sending Salah (durood) to the Holy Prophet while no such requirement is mandatory in the case of normal lectures. (iii) The Khutbah being a part of the prayer no one from the audience is allowed to utter a single word during Khutbah. The Holy Prophet has emphasized on this principle in the following words: "If you speak during Kuhutbah on Friday, you commit absurdity." also has added; "Whoever says to his friend while Imam is delivering Khutbah on Friday "keep quiet" also commit absurdity." (Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Jamah Tarmizi and Sunan-e-Nisai) It is obvious that the words 'keep quiet' do not disturb the Khutbah, nor do they stop one from hearing its contents. Rather, they may induce others to maintain silence. Still, the Holy Prophet ËáËáË has forbidden to utter these words during the Khutbah of Friday. The reason is that the Khutbah of Friday enjoys the same status as the Salah itself. While offering Salah, one cannot even say, 'keep quiet' to stop someone from speaking. Similar rule has been applied to Khutbah also, which is another indication that the Khutbah of Friday is not like a normal lecture. It is a part of Salah, therefore, most of the rules applicable to Salah are also applicable to it. 4. The Khutbah has been held as a prerequisite for the Friday prayer. No Friday prayer is valid without a Khutbah. All the Muslim jurists are unanimous on this point. Had it been a normal lecture for the purpose of preaching, it would have nothing to do with the validity of the Jumuah prayer. 5. It is admitted by all that the Khutbah must be delivered after the commencement of the prescribed time of Jumu'ah prayer. If the Khutbah is delivered before the prescribed time it is not valid, even if the prayer is offered within the prescribed time. In this case, both the Khutbah and the prayer will have to be repeated. (alBahr alRa'iq v. 2 p. 158) If the purpose of the Khutbah is nothing but preaching or education, it should have been acceptable that the Khutbah is delivered before the time of Jumu'ah prayer and the prayer is offered after the commencement of the prescribed time. This strictness about the time of the Khutbah further confirms that it is a part of the Salah and is subject to the similar rules as rules provided for Salah. 6. If the Imam confines himself to the hamd (praising Allah) and Salah (Durood) for the Holy Prophet and to reciting some verses from the Holy Qur'an, and making some Dua (supplication) and does not utter a single word to preach or to educate people, the Khutbah is held to be valid and the Salah of Jumu'ah can be offered after that. Had the purpose been to educate people, it would have been the main ingredient of the Khutbah to say at least a few words for this purpose without which it should not have been a valid Khutbah. But it has been held valid even without the words of preaching or educating. Sayyidna Uthman delivered his first Khutbah (after he assumed the charge of Khilafat) exactly in this fashion and did not say a single word for the purpose of preaching. Still his Khutbah was held as valid. It was in the presence of the Sahabah but no one from them challenged the validity of such a Khutbah. This is again a clear proof of the fact that the basic purpose of the Khutbah is Dhikr and not Tadhkir. Being a part of the Jumuah prayer, it is a form of worship and not basically a method of preaching and education. All these points go a long way to prove that, unlike normal lectures or sermons, certain rules peculiar to Salah have been prescribed for the Khutbah of Jumuah. It is in this context that it has been held necessary that it should be delivered in Arabic only. Just as Salah cannot be performed in any language other than Arabic the Khutbah of Jumu'ah too, cannot be delivered in any other language. That is why the Holy Prophet never tried to direct his companions to deliver the Khutbah in the local language where the audience could not understand Arabic. Even the audience of the Holy Prophet sometimes included non-Arabs, but he never tried to get his Khutbah translated by an interpreter like he did while he spoke to foreign delegations. After the demise of the Holy Prophet the noble companions conquered a vast area of the globe. Even in the days of Sayyidna Umar the whole Persia and a major part of the Roman Empire was brought under the Muslim rule, and thousands of non-Arab people embraced Islam, so much so that the majority of the Muslims living in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Egypt were non-Arbs. These new converts were in desperate need of being educated in their own language, so that they may acquire proper knowledge of the basic Islamic rules and principles. It was not the age of printing, publishing and modern audio-visual instruments, therefore, the only source of acquiring knowledge was the personal contact. Still, the companions of the Holy Prophet never thought about delivering the Friday - Khutbah in the local languages, nor did they ever arrange for an interpreter to get it translated simultaneously. One cannot argue that the Sahabah could not speak the local languages, because a large number of them was either non-Arab by origin, like Salman al-Farisi, Suhayb al-Rumi, Bilal al-Habashi or has learnt the local languages, like Zayd bin Harithah. It was universally accepted that, like the Salah and Adhan, the Khutbah of Friday must be delivered in Arabic, and it is not permissible to deliver it in any Other language, even when the audience are not able to understand Arabic, because it is basically a form of Dhikr or worship, and not a source of education. If the audience understand Arabic, it can also serve a secondary purpose of educating them, but it is not the basic ingredient or the exclusive objective of Khutbah. I have prayed for you and I also need of your prayers as well.[/quote]
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