{"id":13249,"date":"2026-02-10T05:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T05:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=13249"},"modified":"2026-02-10T05:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T05:37:09","slug":"is-it-permissible-to-offer-prayer-in-my-mother-tongue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=13249","title":{"rendered":"Is It Permissible to Offer Prayer in My Mother Tongue?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #800000\"><strong>Offering Prayer in My Mother Tongue\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #800080\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Will Allah accept my prayer (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/guide-to-prayer\/\"><em>salat<\/em><\/a>) if offer them in my mother tongue not Arabic?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #800080\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">prayer is an act of worship that is based on the modality and tradition of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/category\/prophet-muhammad\/prophet-manners\/\">Prophet<\/a> (peace be upon him). Although within the <em>salat<\/em> we can insert voluntary supplications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">Some parts of the <em>salat<\/em> are confined and cannot be changed. There are two different opinions on what can be added within our prayers in our native language. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt\">For more information about offering <em>salat<\/em> in on&#8217;es native language, watch this short talk with Sheikh Yahya Ibrahim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><a href='https:\/\/prayerinislam.com\/is-it-permissible-to-offer-prayer-in-my-mother-tongue\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Allah accept my prayer (salat \/ namaz) if offer it in my native language not Arabic? 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