Is It Better to Make Dua in English or Arabic during Prayer? – Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat

Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat

Question

Is it better to make dua in English or Arabic during prayer?

Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat explores whether it’s better to make dua in Arabic or English during prayer.

Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat pursued Arabic Grammar and Morphology alongside his English and History degree. Post-graduation, he deepened his studies in Damascus, learning Arabic, Hanafi Fiqh, Theology, and more under notable scholars like Shaykh Adnan Darwish and Shaykh Rashad Shams. He continued in Amman, expanding into Tafsir, Hadith, Prophetic Biography, and other Islamic sciences, guided by teachers such as Shaykh Ali Hani and Dr. Hamza al-Bakri.