Paying off debts before emigrating from the land of disbelief
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a young Muslim residing in a disbeliever's country fears for himself from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and he has a debt. He wants to emigrate so that he does not fall into that fitnah. Does he have to first clear himself of the debt before he emigrates?
Answer:
This is necessary. He must clear his conscience of the rights of the created beings before he emigrates. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a young Muslim residing in a disbeliever's country fears for himself from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and he has a debt. He wants to emigrate so that he does not fall into that fitnah. Does he have to first clear himself of the debt before he emigrates?
Answer:
This is necessary. He must clear his conscience of the rights of the created beings before he emigrates. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 054-تكملة الرهن - الضمان - الحوالة - 16-8-23 هـ — archive.org (1:30:52)
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