Emigrating to Muslim Lands Despite the Father’s Prohibition
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a young man from France who says that he was a disbeliever and then embraced Islam, praise be to Allah. Praise be to Allah. He says that he intended to emigrate to Muslim lands and chose an Islamic country to study Arabic and learn the religion, but his father does not want him to emigrate and has prevented him from doing so. So should he emigrate, or should he obey him and stay?
Answer:
If he needs you, if he needs you to be with him to be dutiful to him and attend to his needs, then you stay with him while holding firm to your religion. But if he does not need you, then you emigrate and do not obey him, because he has no need of you; he only wants to prevent you from emigrating. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a young man from France who says that he was a disbeliever and then embraced Islam, praise be to Allah. Praise be to Allah. He says that he intended to emigrate to Muslim lands and chose an Islamic country to study Arabic and learn the religion, but his father does not want him to emigrate and has prevented him from doing so. So should he emigrate, or should he obey him and stay?
Answer:
If he needs you, if he needs you to be with him to be dutiful to him and attend to his needs, then you stay with him while holding firm to your religion. But if he does not need you, then you emigrate and do not obey him, because he has no need of you; he only wants to prevent you from emigrating. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ذكر تشهد ابن مسعود وغيره — islamhouse.com (57:55)
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