The Principle of the Islamic State and Emigration from It
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a Muslim is in the lands of the disbelievers, he must emigrate if he is able. So, if a Muslim is in an Islamic state where fornication and sins are openly displayed, and its system is not Islamic, is emigration obligatory for him?
Answer:
How can the system be non-Islamic and the state be Islamic? The criterion is the ruling and what governs it. If it is governed by the Shari'ah, it is an Islamic state. If it is not governed by the Shari'ah, it is not Islamic.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a Muslim is in the lands of the disbelievers, he must emigrate if he is able. So, if a Muslim is in an Islamic state where fornication and sins are openly displayed, and its system is not Islamic, is emigration obligatory for him?
Answer:
How can the system be non-Islamic and the state be Islamic? The criterion is the ruling and what governs it. If it is governed by the Shari'ah, it is an Islamic state. If it is not governed by the Shari'ah, it is not Islamic.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 23-06-1439هـ — af.org.sa (50:36)
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