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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on traveling to a land of disbelief for treatment?

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Question:
He says: I emigrated from a land of disbelief to this land, the Kingdom. He says: I emigrated from a land of disbelief to this land, the Kingdom, and now my wife needs treatment, and the treatment is very expensive. He says: Should I stay in this safe land, and is it possible that my wife will die because she is not treated?

Answer:
No, my brother, no, my brother, go and treat her, go and treat her, and there is no blame on you. If you treated her, you come back with her. The people of the land, if they need to travel for treatment, they travel. This is how they treat it. This is permissible, permissible. Traveling for the sake of treatment, yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم السفر لبلاد الكفر للعلاج؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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