Living in the Lands of the Disbelievers and Preferring It to the Lands of the Muslims

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Now, some Muslims say that living in the lands of the disbelievers is better than living in the lands of the Muslims, because life in the lands of the Muslims is difficult and constricted, and they have started traveling to the lands of disbelief as refugees. Is this action permissible?

Answer:
No, this action is not permissible. This prefers the lands of the disbelievers over the lands of the Muslims. We ask Allah for safety from this. This prefers disbelief over faith, and the disbelievers over the Muslims. This is not permissible. However, if he is forced, or if he is in the lands of the disbelievers and is unable to migrate, he is excused on the condition that he holds fast to his religion and practices his religion until migration becomes easy for him. As for settling there out of desire, or because there is comfort in living there or something similar, this is not permissible. This prioritizes this world over the Hereafter, and this is a bad opinion of Allah. He thinks that in the lands of the Muslims he will die of hunger or that something bad will happen to him. He should have a good opinion of Allah .