What is the ruling on traveling in the lands of disbelievers who have not been punished, with the intention of taking a lesson from Allah’s creation?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that it is not permissible to travel in the lands of the punished. So what is the ruling for one who wants to travel in the earth, as in the verse, even if it is the land of disbelievers, but it is not the land of the punished, and his intention is to take a lesson from Allah’s creation in the earth?

Answer:
There is no harm in traveling for the intended purpose. The travel and movement that is prohibited is settling down there, staying there, or admiring it and considering it a civilization, progress, and advancement. That is the prohibited purpose. As for traveling, you pass through the lands of the punished and take a lesson from them, entering their dwellings for the sake of taking a lesson and admonition. Does this move the hearts? Yes.
As for the one who glorifies it and admires it, or goes there for a picnic, it is not a place for a picnic; it is a place of fear, not a place for a picnic. Yes.
As for the lands of disbelievers who have not been punished, Allah has made the Muslims inherit the earth, and it is the land of disbelievers and the houses of disbelievers. Allah has made them inherit the earth. There is no harm in the earth, even if no punishment has descended upon it, and even if it is the land of disbelievers, the Muslims possess it, build in it, and cultivate it. There is no harm.