How do we reconcile the prohibition against dwelling in the lands of punishment with the command to travel in the land for reflection?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How do we reconcile what is reported in the hadith about passing through the lands of Thamud with the many verses in which Allah commanded us to travel in the land and reflect on the outcome
Answer:
of those other than the lands of punishment, my brother, other than the lands of punishment. The lands of the disbelievers are of two types: lands where their people died without punishment and perished; it is permissible to travel in these, and to sow and plant in them, there is no harm in that. As for the lands where punishment descended, these are not to be settled in, nor sown in, nor planted in, such as the lands of Thamud.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How do we reconcile what is reported in the hadith about passing through the lands of Thamud with the many verses in which Allah commanded us to travel in the land and reflect on the outcome
Answer:
of those other than the lands of punishment, my brother, other than the lands of punishment. The lands of the disbelievers are of two types: lands where their people died without punishment and perished; it is permissible to travel in these, and to sow and plant in them, there is no harm in that. As for the lands where punishment descended, these are not to be settled in, nor sown in, nor planted in, such as the lands of Thamud.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3115] كيف نجمع بين النهي عن ديار العذاب والأمر بالسير للاعتبار؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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