The ruling on traveling for work when family members insist on staying
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The questioner:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Your Eminence, Father Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz, the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. I love you for the sake of Allah. My question is, Your Eminence, Father: I resided in this blessed, noble city (may Allah preserve it and its people) for ten years, and I was working, praise be to Allah. But now, after returning from Sudan, I have had no work for three months. To summarize, he says he has a sum of money and wants to go to Sudan to make this money grow. But he says his mother, brothers, and sisters insist that he stay here without work. He has been without work for three months now, and his family, including his mother, insist that he stay here without work.
The Shaykh:
It is not beneficial.
The questioner:
I am present.
The Shaykh:
They are residing in Riyadh, and his family, his family is in Riyadh, or is it in Sudan?
The questioner:
His family is in Sudan.
The Shaykh:
Yes, there is none.
The questioner:
They insist that he stay here without work; he wants to seek his work there.
The Shaykh:
He works in the best way, unless.
The questioner:
With us. Everyone works.
The Shaykh:
Rather, it is better; if his work in Sudan is better, he goes to Sudan.
The questioner:
And it is more honorable.
The Shaykh:
If the best work is here, he works here; he does not do what is not the best. As for the one who is idle, he does not work in the best way.
The questioner:
And now he is present; he can answer you.
The Shaykh:
He listens to the advice and works in the best way.
The questioner:
He understands the mother. He understands the mother. He binds the mother, or if not. Give them.
The Shaykh:
The position, the position is that obedience is only in what is right. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 2156a If staying brings no benefit, it is not obligatory.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. This man has become
The Shaykh:
Yes.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Your Eminence, Father Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz, the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. I love you for the sake of Allah. My question is, Your Eminence, Father: I resided in this blessed, noble city (may Allah preserve it and its people) for ten years, and I was working, praise be to Allah. But now, after returning from Sudan, I have had no work for three months. To summarize, he says he has a sum of money and wants to go to Sudan to make this money grow. But he says his mother, brothers, and sisters insist that he stay here without work. He has been without work for three months now, and his family, including his mother, insist that he stay here without work.
The Shaykh:
It is not beneficial.
The questioner:
I am present.
The Shaykh:
They are residing in Riyadh, and his family, his family is in Riyadh, or is it in Sudan?
The questioner:
His family is in Sudan.
The Shaykh:
Yes, there is none.
The questioner:
They insist that he stay here without work; he wants to seek his work there.
The Shaykh:
He works in the best way, unless.
The questioner:
With us. Everyone works.
The Shaykh:
Rather, it is better; if his work in Sudan is better, he goes to Sudan.
The questioner:
And it is more honorable.
The Shaykh:
If the best work is here, he works here; he does not do what is not the best. As for the one who is idle, he does not work in the best way.
The questioner:
And now he is present; he can answer you.
The Shaykh:
He listens to the advice and works in the best way.
The questioner:
He understands the mother. He understands the mother. He binds the mother, or if not. Give them.
The Shaykh:
The position, the position is that obedience is only in what is right. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Sahl b. Sa'd as-Sa'id reported that a person peeped through the hole of the door of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and at that time Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had with him a scratching instrument with which he had been scratching his head. When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw him. he said: If I were to know that you had been peeping through the door, I would have thrust that into your eyes, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Permission is needed as a protection against glance.
صلى الله عليه وسلم إنما الطاعة في المعروفThe presenter:
May Allah reward you. This man has become
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Source
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