What is the ruling on emigrating from a land of disbelief?
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Question:
Is emigrating from a land of disbelief obligatory or recommended?
Answer:
Emigrating from a land of disbelief to a land of Islam is obligatory, and Allah has threatened those who do not emigrate while they are able to do so. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:97] meaning they reside with the disbelievers, and they rebuke them, saying, "What were you doing?" [An-Nisa 4:97]? [An-Nisa 4:97-98] [An-Nisa 4:99] The weak one who is unable to emigrate is excused, but the one who has the ability and cannot manifest his religion in the lands of disbelief must emigrate.
Is emigrating from a land of disbelief obligatory or recommended?
Answer:
Emigrating from a land of disbelief to a land of Islam is obligatory, and Allah has threatened those who do not emigrate while they are able to do so. Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves - [the angels] will say, "In what [condition] were you?"
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ظَالِمِي أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا فِيمَ كُنتُمْThey will say, "We were oppressed in the land." The angels will say, "Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?"
قَالُوا كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَاFor those, their refuge is Hell - and evil it is as a destination. (98) Except for the oppressed among men, women and children who cannot devise a plan nor are they directed to a way -
فَأُولَٰئِكَ مَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًا إِلَّا الْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًاFor those it is expected that Allah will pardon them
فَأُولَٰئِكَ عَسَى اللَّهُ أَن يَعْفُوَ عَنْهُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الهجرة من بلد الكفر؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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