{"id":1743,"date":"2011-10-07T08:39:13","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T08:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2011-10-07T12:08:37","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T12:08:37","slug":"shaykh-ibn-uthaymeen-on-speaking-slang-arabic-aammiyyah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/shaykh-ibn-uthaymeen-on-speaking-slang-arabic-aammiyyah.htm","title":{"rendered":"Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen on Speaking Slang Arabic (‘Aammiyyah)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Name of Allaah…<\/em><\/p>\n

Many non-Arabs who learn proper Arabic find difficulty in communicating with regular, everyday people.\u00a0\u00a0The problem is that common Arabs don’t usually speak a very high level of fus-haa<\/em> (proper) Arabic, rather they speak ‘Aammiyyah<\/em>, a lesser grade of Arabic slang.\u00a0 Students of the Arabic\u00a0Language tend to\u00a0have a strong\u00a0stance against the use of this\u00a0slang, ‘Aammiyyah<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perhaps the following\u00a0words from the\u00a0great scholar, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen<\/strong> (may Allaah have Mercy on him), may provide some much needed insight into the issue: [1]<\/p>\n

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…You find that some people speak too quickly, or they mumble in their speech, and people have to ask, “What did he say?”\u00a0 This is against the Sunnah.\u00a0 The Sunnah is to make one’s speech clear and audible so the listener can understand it.\u00a0 It is not even a must that proper (fus-haa) Arabic is used, nor is it even recommended, [2] when the people are critical of this and consider it to be a kind of unnecessarily added difficulty (in communicating).\u00a0 Instead, speak to the people with their language, using clear, audible speech, as found in the hadeeth of Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him): The Prophet (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) used to repeat his words three times when speaking, so that he would be understood…[3]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And Allaah knows best. [4]<\/p>\n

FOOTNOTES:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[1] Source:<\/strong> His explanation of Riyaadh as-Saaliheen<\/em> (4\/65).<\/p>\n

[2] Read the sentence carefully to avoid misunderstanding the shaykh’s point.\u00a0 He was not advising against the use of proper Fus-haa<\/em> Arabic.\u00a0 Rather, he was stressing the importance of communicating with the people with words they understand.<\/p>\n

[3] The hadeeth was collected by al-Bukhaaree in his Saheeh<\/em> (#94).<\/p>\n

[4] Edited by Nadeem Ahsan-Shah (may Allaah bless him).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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