Is the language of Jannah Arabic?
Answer
1) Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
The inhabitants of Jannah will enter Jannah as tall as Adam (‘alayhis salam)…., speaking the language of Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)….
2) Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) says:
The language of the inhabitants of Jannah is Arabic
3) Ibn Shihab Az Zuhri (rahimahullah) says:
The language of the inhabitants of Jannah is Arabic
(Refer: Sifatul Jannah of Ibn Abid Dunya, Hadith: 212-216, Hadil Arwah of Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyyah, pg. 218 and 534, Al Bidayah Wan Nihayah, vol. 17 pg. 349 and 522 and Al Budurus Safirah, pgs. 416-418)
4) Sufan Thawri (rahimahullah) is reported to have said:
Whomsoever enters Jannah, will speak Arabic
(Refer: Tafsir Ibn Abi Hatim and Tafsir Ibn Kathir: Surah, 26 verse, 195)
The above narrations support and lend strength to each other.
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar