Jumuah Khutbah

[asiddiqui]

Assalam O Alaikum Wa Rehmatullah

I live in a small town in UK . The nearest masjid is about 10 miles and it takes about 40 to 45 minutes to and from this masjid. This town is an industrial park and majority of the people only come to this town to work. Very few muslims come here for work. It is not possible for us to attend Jumuah prayers in the masjid.

We have arranged Jumuah locally. I usually deliver Jumuah khutbah. The problem is that the Khutbah is given in English. I have tried to persuade these people to arrange Khutbah in Arabic but they don’t agree as they don’t know Arabic. I have made lot of effort to teach these people Arabic but they are not interested.

My question is that being able to give khutbah in Arabic should I continue to give the Khutbah in English. (about 25% of my khutbah is still in Arabic) It should be noted that the people are not interested in Arabic khutbah and as there are very few who can give khutbah so there may a possibility that we may not be able to arrange khutbah altogether.
I’m very concerned about this issue as I believe that this is an act which is in contradiction to the sunnah of our beloved Prophet (SAW). Please advice me what to do.

[hugga12]

Jummah Khutba
QUESTION

Is it permissable to lead the Jummah prayer by performing the whole Khutbah in English. After the Adhan A few words are said in Arabic and the remainder is in English and like wise the second sermon is performed in the same way. This is the method that has been adopted by the brothers at work and from my knowledge the final khutbah should always be in Arabic. Can you please be kind enough to confirm, with some evidence if peforming the Khutbah in Enlgish is acceptable.

ANSWER





The whole Khutbah should be in Arabic. If it is entirely in English the Jumah Salah will not be valid. If however some Arabic words are said at the start of the Khutbah such as Laa ilaha illaha, Al-Hamdulillah or Subhanallah the Kutbah, required for the validity of the Jumah Salah, will be sufficient. This practice however should be avoided as it is against the Sunnah, and the Khutbah should be recited entirely in Arabic. See Shaikh Taqi Uthmani's booklet on the subject: "The language of the Friday Khutbah."

Wallahu Aalam bis-sawab

Mufti Mohammed Sajjad











Praying Jummah at work
QUESTION
I have a question regarding Jummah Salah. The company we work for has been kind enough to provide us with a prayer room and wudu facilities and currently we perform Dhur and Asr Salahs in Jammat. The nearest Masjid is approximately 30 minutes drive and overall it takes us 1.5 hours to perform Jummah Salah at this Masjid. Many brothers often find this very difficult and subsequently miss Jummah Salah. We are exploring the option of performing Jummah Salah at work and would like to know whether this is permissible. What advice can you offer us and how should we perform Jummah i.e. what are the Sunnahs and Far'aid of Salah'tul Jummah. Who should lead and can we read English and Arabic Khutbahs from a book?

ANSWER




It would be permissible for you to hold Jumah salah in your work place provided it was located within the city borders. It is a condition for the jumah Salah that it be preceded by two arabic khutbahs (long or short). For this purpose one can read from a book. The most knowledgable in Deen of those present should lead the Salah.

Wallahu Aalam bis-sawab

Mufti Mohammed Sajjad








http://www.as-suffa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=337

[asiddiqui]

Assalam Alaikum Mufti Sahab
I'm very thankful for your response. As mentioned I have no doubt that the khutbah should be in Arabic. It will be against sunnah to deliver it in another language. I have mentioned my position in detail so I like your advice that should I stop giving khutbah.

[abuhajira]

:salam:

Sidi, Tell your collegues or fellow musalli that you are facing the this dialema and suggest that you can compromise with both opinions by giving an english talk for the first 20, or 30 or whatever you normally allocate for the khutba.. and when your talk is finished then deliver a small 3-5 min khutba is all arabic. This way they will get to hear the english talk and you will be able to fulfil the requirement of arabic khutba.

:ws:

[hugga12]

i aint no mufti -

i was just copying and pasting...

[asiddiqui]

Thanks for your response. This is make sense. I think you are right and i nshallah i will do the same

[Haplo]

Assalam Mualaykum

Please find attached a simple Khutbah.

Also attached is a PDA/Phone version for those sticky situations...:D

Wassallam

[eTeacher]

Assalam O Alaikum Wa Rehmatullah

I live in a small town in UK . The nearest masjid is about 10 miles and it takes about 40 to 45 minutes to and from this masjid. This town is an industrial park and majority of the people only come to this town to work. Very few muslims come here for work. It is not possible for us to attend Jumuah prayers in the masjid.

We have arranged Jumuah locally. I usually deliver Jumuah khutbah. The problem is that the Khutbah is given in English. I have tried to persuade these people to arrange Khutbah in Arabic but they don’t agree as they don’t know Arabic. I have made lot of effort to teach these people Arabic but they are not interested.

My question is that being able to give khutbah in Arabic should I continue to give the Khutbah in English. (about 25% of my khutbah is still in Arabic) It should be noted that the people are not interested in Arabic khutbah and as there are very few who can give khutbah so there may a possibility that we may not be able to arrange khutbah altogether.
I’m very concerned about this issue as I believe that this is an act which is in contradiction to the sunnah of our beloved Prophet (SAW). Please advice me what to do.

The advice given by Br. Abu Hajirah is sound and the optimum thing to do.

Let me mention an alternative to that if there is a need for it.

After the second Jumuah Adhan, there are two parts to the Khutba in the sense that the Imam sits down after a portion of the khutba and then gets up and completes it. Hence we will split the two (after the second Adhan) into first part/portion and second part/portion.

With that in mind, if the congregation will not accept the method prescribed by Br. Abu Hajirah and their is fear of disunity, then start the first part of the khutba with some Arabic then complete it in English and do the second part after the sitting completely in Arabic and keep the Arabic part (second part)short.

The above will be fine as well. If their is fear of disunity, don't be so adamant to do it the way Br. Abu Hajirah has described. The alternative method is acceptable as well.

[asiddiqui]

Assalam O Alaikum
Apologies to hugga12.
I think it all makes sense. I will inshallah do the same. Personally i believe that there should be a transition like giving the second part of khutbah in Arab ic and then after few weeks if the brothers are comfortable then both the parts of khutbah can be given in Arabic. I also intend to provide a copy of english translation of the khutbah to all the brothers after the khutbah.
Again as mentioned by eTeacher unity is very important so i will not try to be rigid.
Please pray for us that Allah (SWT) guide us and help us so that we follow the sunnah completely.

[asiddiqui]

Assalam Mualaykum

Please find attached a simple Khutbah.

Also attached is a PDA/Phone version for those sticky situations...:D

Wassallam

Assalam O Alaikum
Jazakallah for this kutbah

[alfatiha]

With that in mind, if the congregation will not accept the method prescribed by Br. Abu Hajirah and their is fear of disunity, then start the first part of the khutba with some Arabic then complete it in English and do the second part after the sitting completely in Arabic and keep the Arabic part (second part)short.

The above will be fine as well. If their is fear of disunity, don't be so adamant to do it the way Br. Abu Hajirah has described. The alternative method is acceptable as well.

:salam:

What is the least requirement of the Arabic portion in the Khutbah as highlighted in bold? At my place now, people leave out many things that I believe are requirements (rukun) of khutbah and if they say it, they say it in English. In Shafi'i, we have to say the rukun in Arabic: Alhamdulillah, Shahadatain, Shalawat (durud), An ayat of Qur'an, Ittaqullah, and du'a for Muslimin and Muslimat. Even with these small requirements, the khatibs leave out some portion of it, like they don't say Ittaqullah in Arabic, they make du'a in english etc. I would like to know what is the least requirement in Hanafi for the Khutbah to be valid.

:ws:

[Ali al-Hanafi]

:salam:

As far as I know, the entire Khutbah must be in Arabic (but one or two non-Arabic words are allowed):


It is sometimes argued that even if the Khutbah is delivered in a local language, it is always started by some Arabic words containing Hamd (praise to Allah Subhanahu) and Salah (prayer for Allah’s blessing) for the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم and at least one verse from the Holy Qur’an. This much is enough for fulfilling the necessary requirements of a valid Arabic Khutbah. After this necessary requirements, the rest of the Khutbah may be delivered in any language.But this argument overlooks the point that it is a Sunnah that the Arabic Khutbah is followed by the Jumu’ah prayer immediately without considerable gap between the two. Therefore, this practice, too, is not in harmony with the masnoon way of delivering a Khutbah.

http://truelife200vi.wordpress.com/2006/12/29/the-language-of-the-friday-khutbah/

[alfatiha]

:salam:

As far as I know, the entire Khutbah must be in Arabic (but one or two non-Arabic words are allowed):

:ws: yeah, but not all places are fortunate enough to have people who will do that. So if we got stuck in this situation, what is the requirement that has to be fulfilled?

another question that I have in mind, the du'a must be asking forgiveness for the Muslimin and Muslimat, right? so if the khatib makes general du'a but not asking forgiveness, what is the rulings?

:jazak:

[Ali al-Hanafi]

:salam:


:ws: yeah, but not all places are fortunate enough to have people who will do that. So if we got stuck in this situation, what is the requirement that has to be fulfilled?


Sorry, I didn't make my self clear enough. My post was in response to your question about the Hanafi opinion on the minimum number of words that must be in Arabic during the Khutbah.


another question that I have in mind, the du'a must be asking forgiveness for the Muslimin and Muslimat, right? so if the khatib makes general du'a but not asking forgiveness, what is the rulings?

Don't know.

Allah knows best.

[username123]

Assalaamu`alaikum,

I was looking for more versions of the Arabic khutbah, preferably with an English translation, as I would like to know what I am saying. Something short would be nice. If any of the `Ulamaa have a version they use that they can share, I would appreciate it.

Jazaakumullaahu Khair!