Means of Adapting to Exile and Longing for One's Homeland
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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh, a person may move from one country to another and never feel at ease in the new country because of longing and nostalgia for the country he left. Are there, may Allah preserve you, means that help a person to adapt and integrate quickly in this major?
Answer:
No matter how comfortable a person is in a country other than his own, he always longs for his homeland. This is a natural disposition in human beings, even in animals. The poet said: “How many a dwelling on earth the young man grows accustomed to, yet his longing is always for his first home.” So it is natural for a person to long for his homeland. However, a person looks at his interests; if there is benefit for his religion and his worldly affairs, he settles there, and if there is harm, he moves from it. And the earth of Allah is vast.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
The questioner says: Shaykh, a person may move from one country to another and never feel at ease in the new country because of longing and nostalgia for the country he left. Are there, may Allah preserve you, means that help a person to adapt and integrate quickly in this major?
Answer:
No matter how comfortable a person is in a country other than his own, he always longs for his homeland. This is a natural disposition in human beings, even in animals. The poet said: “How many a dwelling on earth the young man grows accustomed to, yet his longing is always for his first home.” So it is natural for a person to long for his homeland. However, a person looks at his interests; if there is benefit for his religion and his worldly affairs, he settles there, and if there is harm, he moves from it. And the earth of Allah is vast.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/203 — archive.org (13:06)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.