Traveling for Tourism in the Lands of Disbelief
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on what some people do of traveling for tourism in the lands of disbelief?
Answer:
It is not permissible. They say that it is not permissible to travel to the lands of the disbelievers except for a valid purpose, either for trade, or for calling to Allah the Exalted, or for treatment of an illness that has no treatment except there. It is a valid purpose that is not found except with them, and then he returns on the condition that he holds fast to his religion and does not be lenient in it.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on what some people do of traveling for tourism in the lands of disbelief?
Answer:
It is not permissible. They say that it is not permissible to travel to the lands of the disbelievers except for a valid purpose, either for trade, or for calling to Allah the Exalted, or for treatment of an illness that has no treatment except there. It is a valid purpose that is not found except with them, and then he returns on the condition that he holds fast to his religion and does not be lenient in it.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ومن كيده الذي بلغ به من الجهال ما بلغ : الوسواس — islamhouse.com (1:06:57)
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