
IS KHUTBAH VALID IN NON-ARABIC?
In the Name of Allāh.
Perfect Praise is to Him for the blessing of Islām. Actually, there is an age-long argument on the validity of Jumu’ah Khutbah (Friday sermon) in non-Arabic language. This is so, for Islām not to be seen as a blind faith that does not give recognition to people’s situation. Anyway, the time isn’t much to analyse the different opinions regarding the issue.
Summarily, Ijtihād (juristic effort) …