Guidance on the differing opinions regarding the influx of disbelievers into the lands of the Muslims

Question : This questioner says: Opinions have varied and differed regarding the influx and descent of disbelievers into the lands of the Muslims. What is the decisive opinion in this matter? May Allah grant you success.

Answer : The opinion in this matter is that Allah the Exalted said: . Therefore, dire necessity has its rulings. The presence of foreign forces, other than those from Saudi Arabia, in our lands was necessitated by dire necessity. Whatever is necessitated by dire necessity and serves to protect Islam or the religion established in the state, we look at what the established religion in the state is here? Answer: The religion of Islam, praise be to Allah. In our view, and as I have said, there is no state closer to implementing Islamic judgment than this state. So, if a force comes from outside the country to protect the Islam in this country due to dire necessity, then this is permissible and may even be obligatory. However, we must know that dire necessity is measured by its extent in quantity, quality, time, and place. How much is this? Four. As long as we say it is dire necessity, it must be restricted to this necessity in quantity, quality, time, and place. It must be restricted to this.
So we say that the presence of these forces was necessitated by dire necessity and was essential. But it is obligatory that after the dire necessity ends, they withdraw from the lands. And the country must also know that it has no stability except through its men. So it prepares, strengthens the people of the country, especially the young among them, nurtures in them the religious spirit, strength, and courage, and prepares modern weapons, . This is what is hoped for from our rulers: that the presence of these forces is measured by the extent of the necessity, and when the necessity ends, they withdraw. Then, the people who are eligible for conscription are conscripted with the force appropriate for the time, and this force is built upon the Islamic spirit, in which the soldier is the first to apply the condition. We want soldiers who apply the Islamic Shari'ah that Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and his Companions were upon. So in my opinion, and I hope that Allah the Exalted will bring that about, the state will turn its attention. After this calamity is lifted, it will turn its attention in a way that brings honor to Islam and the Muslims, by the might and power of Allah.