Traveling Abroad for Study and Its Conditions
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on traveling to America or outside the Kingdom for study if a Muslim obtains a study scholarship, and the study there is better and easier than the study in this country, and shorter in duration? And I ask that you clarify for us the conditions for the permissibility of traveling for this matter?
Answer:
The conditions for this matter: if this specialization is not available except abroad, this is a condition. The second condition is that you are in need of it, that you are in need of this specialization and it is not available except abroad. The third condition, if it is not available except abroad and you are in need of it, it is required that you preserve your religion, and that you are able to manifest your religion in foreign lands, and you do not be lenient in the matter of your religion, and you do not sit with the people of evil, and you do not attend clubs of corruption, movie theaters, and the like; you stay away from them, you preserve your religion, and you stay there only to the extent of necessity, in connection with the study, and then you return. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on traveling to America or outside the Kingdom for study if a Muslim obtains a study scholarship, and the study there is better and easier than the study in this country, and shorter in duration? And I ask that you clarify for us the conditions for the permissibility of traveling for this matter?
Answer:
The conditions for this matter: if this specialization is not available except abroad, this is a condition. The second condition is that you are in need of it, that you are in need of this specialization and it is not available except abroad. The third condition, if it is not available except abroad and you are in need of it, it is required that you preserve your religion, and that you are able to manifest your religion in foreign lands, and you do not be lenient in the matter of your religion, and you do not sit with the people of evil, and you do not attend clubs of corruption, movie theaters, and the like; you stay away from them, you preserve your religion, and you stay there only to the extent of necessity, in connection with the study, and then you return. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/138 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:19:38)
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