The Danger of Being Sent Abroad to Lands of Disbelief, and Advice for One Who Is Afflicted by Such a Sending
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: I was a Muslim my whole life, but I went abroad for a scholarship. I was impressed by the morals of the Christians and their keeping of their covenants and promises. I roomed with a Christian girl who gave me intoxicants and took me into the church, so I deliberately became a Christian. After that, I came to hate the Islamic religion. My father found out and brought me back to Saudi Arabia. I went for the 'Umrah (lesser pilgrimage) without being convinced, then I returned to my right mind and returned to the religion of Islam. What is your honorable opinion on this?
Answer:
First, this is among the harms of sending Muslims abroad. A Muslim exposes his religion and his honor to corruption abroad. The danger of being sent abroad is great for a Muslim. He should be wary of being sent abroad except with discipline and maintaining his religion. This is rare for one to be granted, except for whom Allah has mercy. But a Muslim does not expose himself to danger and say, "It is not on me" or "I am fine." That means he does not expose himself and his religion to danger. As long as safety from being sent abroad is possible, he should not go and should not respond to it.
Second, if he is afflicted with being sent abroad, he must be patient in his religion and hold fast to it. He should be with the Islamic centers, the Islamic gatherings, and the Islamic minorities. He should maintain his religion and stay away from the Christians, the morals of the Christians, and the girls. He should stay away from them, whether they are Christian or not, for there is trial in them and there is evil in them. He should protect his honor and stay away. He should maintain this. Second, as long as you have repented to Allah and returned to Allah and returned to Islam, praise be to Allah. Repentance wipes out what came before it, if you are sincere in it. So you must have a sincere repentance, hold fast to your religion, seek forgiveness for what happened, and repent from what happened. And Allah accepts the repentance of whoever repents.
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: I was a Muslim my whole life, but I went abroad for a scholarship. I was impressed by the morals of the Christians and their keeping of their covenants and promises. I roomed with a Christian girl who gave me intoxicants and took me into the church, so I deliberately became a Christian. After that, I came to hate the Islamic religion. My father found out and brought me back to Saudi Arabia. I went for the 'Umrah (lesser pilgrimage) without being convinced, then I returned to my right mind and returned to the religion of Islam. What is your honorable opinion on this?
Answer:
First, this is among the harms of sending Muslims abroad. A Muslim exposes his religion and his honor to corruption abroad. The danger of being sent abroad is great for a Muslim. He should be wary of being sent abroad except with discipline and maintaining his religion. This is rare for one to be granted, except for whom Allah has mercy. But a Muslim does not expose himself to danger and say, "It is not on me" or "I am fine." That means he does not expose himself and his religion to danger. As long as safety from being sent abroad is possible, he should not go and should not respond to it.
Second, if he is afflicted with being sent abroad, he must be patient in his religion and hold fast to it. He should be with the Islamic centers, the Islamic gatherings, and the Islamic minorities. He should maintain his religion and stay away from the Christians, the morals of the Christians, and the girls. He should stay away from them, whether they are Christian or not, for there is trial in them and there is evil in them. He should protect his honor and stay away. He should maintain this. Second, as long as you have repented to Allah and returned to Allah and returned to Islam, praise be to Allah. Repentance wipes out what came before it, if you are sincere in it. So you must have a sincere repentance, hold fast to your religion, seek forgiveness for what happened, and repent from what happened. And Allah accepts the repentance of whoever repents.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [451] خطورة الابتعاث إلى بلاد الكفر، والنصيحة لمن ابتُلي بالابتعاث - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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