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Is the language of Jannah really Arabic? There is a hadith that states this, but is this hadith saheeh? Ibn Abbas (ra) said, The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “Love the Arabs for three reasons, because I am an Arab, the Qur’aan is Arabic and the speech of the people of Paradise is Arabic.” Ibn al-Jawzi ruled that this hadeeth is fabricated. Al-Dhahabi said, I think that the hadeeth is fabricated (mawdoo’). Al-Albaani said in al-Silsilah al-Da’eefah (no. 160), (it is) fabricated. So we cannot use this as an evidence at all! Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (ra) was asked, in what (language) will Allah address the people on the Day of Resurrection? Will Allah address them in the tongue of the Arabs? Is it true that the language of the people of Hell will be Farsi and that the language of the people of Paradise will be Arabic? He replied, Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. It is not known what language the people will speak on that Day, or in what language they will hear the words of the Lord, may He be exalted, because Allah has not told us anything about that, nor has His Messenger (peace be upon him). It is not true that Farsi will be the language of the people of Hell, or that Arabic will be the language of the people of Paradise. We do not know of any discussion of that among the Sahaabah (may Allah be pleased with them), rather all of them refrained from speaking of that because speaking about such a thing is discussion of something unnecessary… but there was a dispute concerning that among later scholars. Some people said that they will be addressed in Arabic and others said that the people of Hell will respond in Farsi, which will be their language in Hell. Others said that they will be addressed in Syriac because that was the language of Adam and from it stemmed all other languages. Others said that the people of Paradise will speak Arabic. There is no basis for any of these ideas, whether on the grounds of common sense or in any report or text, rather they are mere claims that are devoid of any evidence. And Allah knows best and is most Wise. End quote. Majmoo’ al-Fataawa (4/299)
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 22:34:21 +0000

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