The statement of one who prefers living in the lands of the disbelievers to the lands of the Muslims
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the questioner says: There are those who say that living in the lands of the disbelievers is better than living in the lands of the Muslims,
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner:
because the lands of the disbelievers contain only disbelievers and no hypocrites.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for well-being. This person praises the disbelievers and insults the Muslims. The Muslims, even if they have sins, and even if they have good, are better than the disbelievers. The sinful Muslim is better than the disbeliever, and the open sinner is better than the disbeliever. The disbeliever has no good in him at all; he is pure evil. But this one has good and he has evil, so he is better than the pure disbeliever. And this means rejecting the migration. Allah made migration obligatory from the lands of disbelief to the lands of Islam. This person says, "No, do not migrate from the lands of the disbelievers to the lands of the Muslims." This, may Allah protect us from it, is misguidance. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
[An-Nisa 4:51-52] a guiding path.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the questioner says: There are those who say that living in the lands of the disbelievers is better than living in the lands of the Muslims,
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for safety.
The questioner:
because the lands of the disbelievers contain only disbelievers and no hypocrites.
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for well-being. This person praises the disbelievers and insults the Muslims. The Muslims, even if they have sins, and even if they have good, are better than the disbelievers. The sinful Muslim is better than the disbeliever, and the open sinner is better than the disbeliever. The disbeliever has no good in him at all; he is pure evil. But this one has good and he has evil, so he is better than the pure disbeliever. And this means rejecting the migration. Allah made migration obligatory from the lands of disbelief to the lands of Islam. This person says, "No, do not migrate from the lands of the disbelievers to the lands of the Muslims." This, may Allah protect us from it, is misguidance. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
about the disbelievers, "These are better guided than the believers as to the way"? (52) Those are the ones whom Allah has cursed; and he whom Allah curses - never will you find for
لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هَٰؤُلَاءِ أَهْدَىٰ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا سَبِيلًا أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَمَن يَلْعَنِ اللَّهُ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في القلب المريض — islamhouse.com (55:39)
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