The ruling on emigrating from Muslim lands filled with sins to the lands of righteous Muslims
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on emigrating from Muslim lands where sins are widespread to the lands of righteous Muslims where scholars and worshippers are numerous? Is it obligatory or recommended?
Answer:
The criterion is the Muslim land from which one emigrates. If there are sins in it, but there is also da'wah (calling others to Islam), enjoining good and forbidding evil, and the situation is being addressed, then one does not leave it. If one says, "We will emigrate and leave them to deal with it," that is because they are Muslims. Emigration is from the land of disbelief to the land of Islam. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on emigrating from Muslim lands where sins are widespread to the lands of righteous Muslims where scholars and worshippers are numerous? Is it obligatory or recommended?
Answer:
The criterion is the Muslim land from which one emigrates. If there are sins in it, but there is also da'wah (calling others to Islam), enjoining good and forbidding evil, and the situation is being addressed, then one does not leave it. If one says, "We will emigrate and leave them to deal with it," that is because they are Muslims. Emigration is from the land of disbelief to the land of Islam. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2151] حكم الهجرة من بلاد المسلمين المليئة بالمعاصي إلى بلاد مسلمين صالحين - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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