Is migration from one Islamic country to another?

The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, I mean that migration must be to a place where there is a land for migration. And the land for migration now, as I see it, does not exist in the arena. Yes.

The Shaykh : This is what should be investigated, not investigating the original topic, because now when you throw or raise such a problem or this objection, it means that you are a Muslim by the original legitimacy of migration, and therefore it means that you have saved us time, research, and long speech. So for this reason, it is wisdom in a place to shorten the path. Now I say when you say that there is no place for migration.
Do you mean that all places in the Islamic countries are equal in terms of goodness or badness? I do not think you would answer with words of equality, but I am saying my opinion, and you express your opinion frankly, as you raised the question or the problem frankly. I do not think that a person who knows the reality of the Islamic world now would say that every country, every region, is equal to the other regions in terms of goodness and corruption. But as it was said, "Some evil is worse than some," is that not so? Yes. Well, if the matter is so, then I am telling a question that was put to me less than a week ago from Algeria, where you know the trials that are taking place there. And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings. Please. You must be hearing the tragedies, or rather the disgraces, that the Muslims there in Algeria are afflicted with. If a man wants... Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings.

The questioner : How are you?

The Shaykh : Welcome.

The questioner : How are you? May Allah bless you.

The Shaykh : Welcome with goodness.

The questioner : May Allah bless you all, how are you all?

The Shaykh : We praise Allah and thank Him. If a Muslim there wants to perform Hajj and is bearded, they order him to go and shave his beard. There is no power or strength. And they look at a picture of a shaved beard, and on the basis of that they give him an exit visa and travel to Hajj. And among the stages that the Algerians have gone through, one of them had a transaction with a spirit, so he submitted a request while bearded, and they told him, "Go shave your side and come back, and we will process your transaction." And we used to ask, what do we do? I used to answer you: Do not commit sin with your own hands. If it is unavoidable, they will shave it, and the sin may be on them, not on you. And it appears that this was applied, so what did they do? They painted with something the disbelievers did not do, and they became forcing the person to shave for his journey, but not all of it, side by side, something strange, a witness. This is among the tragedies and disgraces that happen in that country, among which they do not allow them to go out for the Fajr prayer except a quarter of an hour before the sun rises. So the next question came, of course by phone. What do you advise, O Shaykh? The matter is like this: Do we pray in our houses at the time, because the Sunnah, as you know, is that the Fajr prayer is in the darkness? They prevent us from going out to the mosque except after five o'clock, and there is only a quarter of an hour left between five and the rising of the sun, so what do you see?
Do we pray in the houses, or do we delay the Fajr prayer until after five o'clock and pray before the sun rises? I issued a ruling in a speech that there is no need now to mention in detail: Do not pray in the mosques, and do not leave the congregation of the Muslims. Yes, because the prayer will occur in its time, even if it is before the sun rises, and especially since the Hanafi school in normal circumstances holds that praying in the light is better than praying in the darkness, so what about this circumstance, which is a circumstance as you know? The important thing is that the final question came: It was reported to me that you said the obligation of migration, so where do we migrate to?
Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings. And I reminded him of the like of the saying of Allah the Exalted: I asked the question to facilitate the issue and to remove the doubt present in the minds of many people who hear the established legal ruling, as I mentioned to you in the first answer, from the Book and the Sunnah, and the consensus of the scholars. And with that, the scholars, let alone those below them, unfortunately, do not raise this issue, even with the Muslims who migrate to the lands of disbelief for what? For the dirham and the dinar, for living, for sustenance, as they say. It is very rare for anyone to draw their attention to the fact that it is not permissible to reside in the lands of disbelief.
Until it became, I have almost a habit, due to my feeling of the danger of this residence in the lands of disbelief, every night, or even without exaggeration in many nights, people call me and ask us from Europe, from America, and so on. They say to me, "I am speaking from New York, from Chicago, from such and such," before I hear his words. May Allah oppose you, from where you are guided, and how long you have been living there, and so on. People whose only concern is some tapes that say it is not permissible to reside in the lands of disbelief. The point is

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Your question is preserved, and it has its answer. The important thing is that I said to this questioner, this was a week ago from Algeria, I said to him: These tragedies and disgraces that we hear from your questions, do you think that this happens in every country in Algeria, or is this in the capital? Or around the capital? Is it in every other place in Algeria? He said, "No." I said, "If you migrate from the capital to another place in Algeria, here is the point, perhaps it has become clear to you?" Yes. Ah. Absolutely, migration is not absolutely.