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[quote]Walaykum Salam Brother Waseem. Quote:-As I understand Islam is a religion that addresses the logic.The issue is created because Islam commenced in Arabia and their language is Arabic. Not always there is the logic some time we just have to obey the Allah and His Prophet(pbuh) without having any logic. Quote:-Firstly we ask ourselves. Does the Qur'an state that the friday khutbah must be in Arabic? Brother to know what Quran says for Friday khutbah see the following which I have copied from the article of Mufti Taqi Usmani Sahib. 1. It is established by authentic resources that the Khutbah of Friday is a part of the prayer and stands for two Rak'at of prayer. Every day, other than Friday, the prayer of zuhr consist of four Rakats, while on Friday the number of Rakat of the Jumu'ah prayer has been reduced to two, and the other two Rakats have been substituted by the Khutbah. Sayyidna Umar the second caliph of the Holy Prophet says: The Khutbah has been prescribed in lieu of two Rakats. Who so ever fails to deliver Khutbah must pray four Rakat. 2. The Holy Qur'aan has named the Khutbah as Dhikr in the following verse: "0! believers, when there is a call for Salah (Jumu’ah prayer) on Friday, rush for the Dhikr (Khutbah) of Allah and leave trade. That is better for you if you did but knew! (Sura Al-Jumu’ah 62 Ayat 9) Here the word 'Dhikr' stands for the Khutbah, because after hearing the Adhan, the Salah (prayer) does not start immediately. What starts after Adhan is Khutbah. That is why the Holy Qur'aan did not say, 'When there is a call for prayer, rush for the prayer", rather it has said, "when there is a call for prayer, rush for the Dhikr of Allah. It is for this reason that all the Muslim schools of jurists are unanimous on the point that it is necessary upon every Muslim to set out for the Masjid as soon as he hears the call and should reach the Masjid at a time when the Khutbah is yet to start, because hearing the full Khutbah is Wajib (mandatory). This is sufficient to prove that the Holy Qur'aan has used the word 'Dhikr' for the Khutbah. Dhikr means 'recitation of the name of Allah' as against 'Tadhkir' which means 'giving advice', 'to educate' or 'to admonish'. This is a clear indication from the Holy Qur'aan that the basic purpose of Khutbah is Dhikr and not the Tadhkir and that it is a part of the worship rather than being a normal lecture. 3. At another place, the Holy Qur'aan has referred to the Khutbah of Friday as "the recitation of the Holy Qur'aan". The Holy verse says: "And when the Qur'aan is recited before you, listen to it carefully and be silent (when he is delivering the Khutbah), so that you receive mercy. (Sura Al-'Araf. 7 Ayat 204) According to a large number of commentators the 'recitation of the Qur'aan in this verse refers to the Khutbah delivered before the prayer of Jumu'ah. Here again the word of recitation is used for the Khutbah which indicates that it is very similar to the recitation of Qur'anic verses during performing prayers. 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: Quote:-Secondly, I am strongly in favour that particularly in muslim countries, Arabic and I mean Qur'anic arabic should be taught as a second language.In UK , French is taught as a second language in schools and we should make efforts to learn arabic. Then we will have no problem in having Khutbah in arabic.Parents in non muslim countries should also encourgae their children and themselves too, to learn arabic. I second your opinion. Quote:-Thirdly, the issue of namaz and Azaan is in my opinion(and this is still my opinion brother).The essentials are the same, we learn the meaning over the period of time. Majority of muslims recite from the last 20-25 surahs of the Qur'an.If we recite them regualrly we undertsand and learn the meaning. essentially we do know the translation of what we say in namaz and Azaan. Your assumption in my opinion is incorrect, I believe that majority of non arabic muslims do not knows what they are reciting in namaz. Quote:-Fourthly. we must ask what is the purpose of khutbah. If it is to teach or educate the audiance then what will be the point of telling them in a language the majority may not understand. I think you have not red my last post carefully,I will request you to please read it then if you are not satisfy with it or with any part of it, so lets me know then it will be positive and productive for us.I like to clarify that its not my words but I have copied it from the article of Mufti Taqi Usmani Sahib. Quote:-Fifthly.We must ask ourselves what is Waaz and khutbah. Did the prophet pbuh say a seperate waaz and then khutbah or just khutbah. What we are doing is to have a waaz in local language and then khutbah in arabic. is this not because we feel the need of using friday sermon to communicate with our community in some shape or form. We are adding something ie waaz to fulfill it. The question is why not give khutbah in the local language and that will include recitation of Quranic verses with translation, supplications and also advice about issues of the day that we need to know about. I think Prophet(pbuh) just say khutbah only.As I understand that the language for khutbah can not be changed.I stand to be corrected but in my personnel opinion waaz was added in non arabic societies to educate the people.This is just to take the advantage of gathering, to convey them some message of deen.Friday prayer can be offered without the waaz any way. Quote:-Forgive me if I transgress because of my lack of understanding.As I understand religion, it is the ethos behind the message that is most important to me. To make people undertsand , to deliver knowledge, to answer queries. The current khutbah in our mosque is read from a book of khutbahs that no one can understand. Brother we need to study the religion to understand it.To me it is just like if some one comment on any matter of physics without having proper education of it.So chances of giving wrong comments are surely more. So I will emphasis that first we must educate our self regarding the purpose of Friday khutbah, then it will be easier for us to comment on it.[/quote]
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