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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on a da'iyah (caller to Islam) migrating to another country when subjected to harm

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person is unable to reform things in his country, is it permissible for him to leave and proclaim the call to other countries, especially since he has been subjected to much harm in his calling in his own country, and he fears for his life because of it?

Answer:
If he fears for his life because of it, he should migrate and call in other countries, spreading Islam in another land, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did, and just as Ibrahim (peace be upon him) did. He migrated from the land of Babylon to the land of Sham, and he settled some of his descendants in Sham in Palestine, and he settled the rest in Makkah (peace and blessings be upon him). So migration is part of the religion of the Prophets. If establishing the religion becomes impossible in a country, he goes to another country and calls them to Allah the Exalted.

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.

Answer:
But these people leave their country, where there are Muslims, where there are ignorant people, and they do not clarify things to them, nor do they teach them, nor do they study with them. Instead, they go out and travel around the world, saying, "This is jihad. This is the journey of jihad." This has no basis. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [57 /1350] إذا لم يستطع الإنسان أن يصلح في بلده، فهل له أن يخرج ويصدع بالدعوة في البلاد الأخرى؟ — youtube.com

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