The Ruling on a Student Traveling Abroad with His Wife
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Question:
What is obligatory for a Muslim student studying abroad who wants to take his wife with him for the sake of study?
Answer:
If he is a person of knowledge and insight, calling to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is permissible. But if he is a student who has only reached the secondary or intermediate level, he should not do that. It is obligatory for him to remain in his country among his Muslim brothers and not go abroad, because there is a great danger for him and for his wife as well. However, if he is a student of knowledge who has graduated from the religious universities, has learned what preserves his religion, knows his religion, and is of sound mind such that there is no fear for him, then there is no harm, if Allah wills, provided he benefits himself and benefits the Muslims here by calling them to Allah. Of course, six years in the degree of the guard. And you have a family. Good. May Allah will it. And what are you studying? Engineering, engineering in a country, at the University of Al-Madkhol or the University of Al-Afrad, planning of the state. There is no such thing as planning of the state. Do you not realize that the pressure of this world is only with you? I mean.
By Allah, my son, it is dangerous, dangerous, and going abroad is dangerous. If you know, if Allah wills, that you are among your brothers and there is no danger, then you are fine. But marriage abroad for one who does not have the full verification of knowledge is dangerous. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 2645 among the Muslims is dangerous, yes.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: narrated by Ahmad and the people of the Sunnah in Islam, guiding from the skin of Abdullah al-Bajali, and it has corroborating narrations, including another hadith narrated by al-Nasa'i in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: so it is not from this except the meadows. A person who demands calling to Allah among the Muslims, calling them to Allah and calling his Muslim brothers, this is well-known, because he has a concern for knowledge, and the need for calling to Allah is lacking. As for the youth and the common people, there is no danger.
What is obligatory for a Muslim student studying abroad who wants to take his wife with him for the sake of study?
Answer:
If he is a person of knowledge and insight, calling to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is permissible. But if he is a student who has only reached the secondary or intermediate level, he should not do that. It is obligatory for him to remain in his country among his Muslim brothers and not go abroad, because there is a great danger for him and for his wife as well. However, if he is a student of knowledge who has graduated from the religious universities, has learned what preserves his religion, knows his religion, and is of sound mind such that there is no fear for him, then there is no harm, if Allah wills, provided he benefits himself and benefits the Muslims here by calling them to Allah. Of course, six years in the degree of the guard. And you have a family. Good. May Allah will it. And what are you studying? Engineering, engineering in a country, at the University of Al-Madkhol or the University of Al-Afrad, planning of the state. There is no such thing as planning of the state. Do you not realize that the pressure of this world is only with you? I mean.
By Allah, my son, it is dangerous, dangerous, and going abroad is dangerous. If you know, if Allah wills, that you are among your brothers and there is no danger, then you are fine. But marriage abroad for one who does not have the full verification of knowledge is dangerous. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
I am not responsible for any Muslim
أنا بريء من كل مسلمThe Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
I am innocent of every Muslim among the polytheists
أنا بريء بكل مسلم بين المشركينAllah does not accept the deed of a polytheist after he has become a Muslim or he separates from the polytheists until he separates from the polytheists until he distinguishes himself from them
لا يقبل الله من مشرك عملا بعدما أسلم أو يزايل المشركين حتى يزايل المشركين حتى يباينهم
Source
فتاوى الحج - 1405 هـ — archive.org (19:25)
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