Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 701

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

بَابُ كَرَاهَةِ التَّقَعُّرِ فِي الْكَلَامِ، وَالتَّشَدُّقِ فِيهِ، وَتَكَلُّفِ الْفَصَاحَةِ.

Chapter on the aversion to affectation, grandiloquence, and forced eloquence in speech.

فَالْإِنْسَانُ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَكُونَ كَلَامُهُ كَكَلَامِ النَّاسِ، الْكَلَامُ الَّذِي يُفْهَمُ حَتَّى وَإِنْ كَانَ بِاللَّهْجَةِ الْعَامَّةِ مَا دَامَ يُخَاطِبُ الْعَوَامَّ.

One should speak plainly, using language that people understand. When addressing the general public, even a common dialect is acceptable.

أَمَّا إِذَا كَانَ يُخَاطِبُ طَلَبَةَ عِلْمٍ وَفِي مَجْلِسِ التَّعَلُّمِ فَهُنَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَكُونَ كَلَامُهُ بِمَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ الْفُصْحَى.

However, when speaking to students in a formal learning environment, one should use the best standard Arabic they can manage.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (12 verbs · 36 nouns)

• اِنْبَغَى — to be necessary
• كَانَ — to be
• فَهِمَ — to understand
• بَابٌ — chapter
• كَرَاهَةٌ — dislike
• تَقَعُّرٌ — affectation