Should shia learn farsi?

[TheWayofTheSalaaf]

Assalamo alaikom. 

I was just curious if shia learn farsi as well as arabic. Is it important to learn farsi?

[hayder01]

Arabic Yes it's highly recommended, but for farsi if you're not planning to go to seminary (hawzah) in qom or any other hawzah in Iran it's not necessary 

[islamicmusic]

Wa alaikum salam wa rahmatullah.

Shia Muslims as well as Sunni Muslims are advised to learn Arabic if and how much they can. Especially Quranic Arabic.

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Imam Khomeini: Learn Arabic language, tajwid knowledge and be allert in every field.

However, learning Persian has a lot of islamic benefits as well considering the fact that even sunni hadiths mention in the tafsir of Surah Maidah, 54 that great men among Persians are revivers of Islam. So, in order to try to learn from them, one can learn Persian as well.

Most famous Shia Islamic seminaries are in Qom and Najaf and they speak Persian and Arabic. So, learning both languages can keep Muslims up to date. Also, because in other places shia muslims are targeted with disinformation, I mainly see that the works published in shia minority islamic countries are about defense, answering allegations etc. However, in Iraq and Iran people are not busy with those things. So, shia muslim writers can focus on writing Tafsir of the Holy Quran (Tasneem Tafsir, Tafsir al-Mizan, Tafsir Nemooneh, Tafsir Rahnama etc.), exegesis of Duas (Jawshan al-Kabeer, Dua Arafah, Dua Kumayl etc.), Salat ul Layl (night prayers) and its benefits, sulouk-wayfaring, irfan-gnosis-wisdom... etc.

I hope I make sense.

[JannahLM]

Arabic is probably preferred, for obvious reasons. Farsi can be useful I suppose if you intend to study in Qom or something. Unfortunately I know neither language.

[Ashvazdanghe]

13 hours ago, JannahLM said:

Arabic is probably preferred, for obvious reasons. Farsi can be useful I suppose if you intend to study in Qom or something. Unfortunately I know neither language.

Salam for studying in Qom learning Farsi is obligatory which majority of lessons are presenting in Farsi which you only need to know basic level of classic Arabics  which you will learn Arabic for religious studies in courses of Hawza of Qom .

You can check Jeremey Davidson who is a Canadian student of Hawza of Qom for receiving more advices 

https://www.instagram.com/jeremy.james_davidson/

https://www.facebook.com/JeremyJamesDavidson/

 

[JannahLM]

14 hours ago, Ashvazdanghe said:

Salam for studying in Qom learning Farsi is obligatory which majority of lessons are presenting in Farsi which you only need to know basic level of classic Arabics  which you will learn Arabic for religious studies in courses of Hawza of Qom .

You can check Jeremey Davidson who is a Canadian student of Hawza of Qom for receiving more advices 

https://www.instagram.com/jeremy.james_davidson/

https://www.facebook.com/JeremyJamesDavidson/

 

Unfortunately I'm too old now to consider attending Hawza. I would have definitely considered it like ten years ago if I was at the stage I am now, but back then Islam wasn't really a priority in my life.

Edited August 6 by JannahLM