What is better: migrating to the lands of Islam or remaining in the lands of disbelief to call people to Allah?
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Question:
He says: I am a person who recently entered Islam, and I have a family living in my disbelieving country, or in a disbelieving land, and they are in great ignorance regarding the matters and teachings of Islam. They do not fulfill the rights of Islam, such as the prayers, throughout the past years, but they only fast. I wish to migrate, and I live in a Muslim land. My question is: Do I migrate to a Muslim state? And do I leave my parents and my household in a state of not knowing Islam? Or do I stay with them to teach them the teachings of the correct religion, such as prayer, fasting, and other things?
Answer:
You stay with them to teach them the matters of the religion. You call them to Allah the Exalted. So, if they learn and know and become upright upon the religion, then you migrate. But as long as they need you in teaching them, calling them, and explaining the jurisprudence to them, you stay with them, because this is part of calling to Allah, and part of dutifulness to the parents and excellence toward the relatives. Yes.
He says: I am a person who recently entered Islam, and I have a family living in my disbelieving country, or in a disbelieving land, and they are in great ignorance regarding the matters and teachings of Islam. They do not fulfill the rights of Islam, such as the prayers, throughout the past years, but they only fast. I wish to migrate, and I live in a Muslim land. My question is: Do I migrate to a Muslim state? And do I leave my parents and my household in a state of not knowing Islam? Or do I stay with them to teach them the teachings of the correct religion, such as prayer, fasting, and other things?
Answer:
You stay with them to teach them the matters of the religion. You call them to Allah the Exalted. So, if they learn and know and become upright upon the religion, then you migrate. But as long as they need you in teaching them, calling them, and explaining the jurisprudence to them, you stay with them, because this is part of calling to Allah, and part of dutifulness to the parents and excellence toward the relatives. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الأفضل الهجرة إلى بلاد الإسلام أم البقاء في بلاد الكفر للدعوة إلى الله؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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