The Ruling on Residing Among Disbelievers and the Excuse of Ignorance

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Question:
The Shaykh is the truth of the truth. Is a man excused if he finds that all of Jinnah is full of demands? Is he excused because he caused something that was wonderful, so it is permanent, or not?

Answer:
If he believes, it is obligatory for him to emigrate from a country that is entirely evil and entirely disbelief. It is obligatory for him to emigrate to a land of Islam.
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:

⁽⁹⁷⁾ Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves - [the angels] will say, "In what [condition] were you?" They will say, "We were oppressed in the land." The angels will say, "Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?" For those, their refuge is Hell - and evil it is as a destination. ⁽⁹⁸⁾ Except for the oppressed among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan nor are they directed to a way - ⁽⁹⁹⁾ For those it is expected that Allah will pardon them, and Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ظَالِمِي أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا فِيمَ كُنتُمْ قَالُوا كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَا فَأُولَٰئِكَ مَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًا إِلَّا الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا فَأُولَٰئِكَ عَسَى اللَّهُ أَن يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْ

[An-Nisa 4:97-99]

It is not permissible for a Muslim to reside among disbelievers by choice, feeling at ease with them and being a citizen among them, while he is able to emigrate to a Muslim land.

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