{"_id":"6839d8602443f9f3ca397117","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Am I sinful for saying the tashahhud in English if I don't know Arabic yet?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"I converted to Islam a year ago. I’m still learning Arabic and working on doing the entirety of salah in Arabic. I have most of it down, but I am still working on learning the tashahhud in Arabic so I say it in English.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Recently I was told that because I have been Muslim for a while that doing so will now count against me and my salah aren’t valid. Is this true? If so, what can I do instead?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"That is not true. You may continue reciting it in English until you're able to do so in Arabic.\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fef0b76658b4c232985","tag":"Salah: Validity","count":167},{"_id":"668d9ff10b76658b4c2329c4","tag":"Contemporary Life: Converts","count":41}],"createdOn":"2025-05-30T16:10:08.545Z"}