The ruling on traveling to lands of disbelief for the purpose of tourism
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Question:
The questioner asks about the ruling on traveling to lands of disbelief for the purpose of tourism?
Answer:
It is not permissible to travel to lands of disbelief; because this causes a person to lose his religion or to become lax in his religion. A person is not safe from the travels of disbelievers; he is not safe from being influenced. Traveling to the lands of disbelievers is only permissible in exceptional circumstances, such as traveling for a treatment that is not found except abroad, or traveling for trade in which he deals with companies or factories for which he travels, or for buying and selling or importing, or traveling to learn. If there are sciences that Muslims need and they are not found here, he travels to learn medicine, to learn military arts, or to learn things that the state sends him to learn here. This is permissible out of need, and he must hold fast to his religion, on the condition that he holds fast to his religion and avoids the places of corruption and the places of loss among the disbelievers; he does not go to them. Rather, he remains in his place of work or his place of residence.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner asks about the ruling on traveling to lands of disbelief for the purpose of tourism?
Answer:
It is not permissible to travel to lands of disbelief; because this causes a person to lose his religion or to become lax in his religion. A person is not safe from the travels of disbelievers; he is not safe from being influenced. Traveling to the lands of disbelievers is only permissible in exceptional circumstances, such as traveling for a treatment that is not found except abroad, or traveling for trade in which he deals with companies or factories for which he travels, or for buying and selling or importing, or traveling to learn. If there are sciences that Muslims need and they are not found here, he travels to learn medicine, to learn military arts, or to learn things that the state sends him to learn here. This is permissible out of need, and he must hold fast to his religion, on the condition that he holds fast to his religion and avoids the places of corruption and the places of loss among the disbelievers; he does not go to them. Rather, he remains in his place of work or his place of residence.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
لقاء مفتوح في الحرس الوطني — alfawzan.live (19:32)
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