The Ruling on Migration in Our Time
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Question:
May Allah bless you. Is migration prescribed in this time, Your Eminence the Shaykh?
Answer:
It is prescribed in every time until the Hour stands. As long as there is shirk (associating partners with Allah) and Islam, migration is necessary. If a person is in the land of shirk and is able to migrate, migration is obligatory for him, unless he is able to manifest his religion in the land of shirk without fearing for his safety. If he worships Allah alone, prays, fasts, disavows shirk, denounces shirk, and denounces what Allah has forbidden, and there is no danger to him in this, then migration is not obligatory for him. However, if he is unable to manifest his religion, but he is able to migrate, he is required to migrate. As for if he is unable to do so, then fear Allah as much as you are able. In truth, it is obligatory with the ability to do so. Yes.
May Allah bless you. Is migration prescribed in this time, Your Eminence the Shaykh?
Answer:
It is prescribed in every time until the Hour stands. As long as there is shirk (associating partners with Allah) and Islam, migration is necessary. If a person is in the land of shirk and is able to migrate, migration is obligatory for him, unless he is able to manifest his religion in the land of shirk without fearing for his safety. If he worships Allah alone, prays, fasts, disavows shirk, denounces shirk, and denounces what Allah has forbidden, and there is no danger to him in this, then migration is not obligatory for him. However, if he is unable to manifest his religion, but he is able to migrate, he is required to migrate. As for if he is unable to do so, then fear Allah as much as you are able. In truth, it is obligatory with the ability to do so. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من باب الإطلاء بالنورة — islamhouse.com (10:05)
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