Is it permissible to recite the Quran during the Friday sermon if the sermon is in a language the listener does not understand?
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The preponderant opinion is that whoever hears the Friday sermon but does not understand it, should listen attentively to it and not occupy himself with reciting the Qur’an or anything else.
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