Is it permissible to migrate from Muslim lands to the lands of disbelievers to acquire worldly knowledge or to earn money?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is what is called reverse migration permissible, meaning from Muslim lands to the lands of disbelievers to acquire some worldly knowledge or to earn money and work?
Answer:
This is not migration. This is travel to the lands of the polytheists for the sake of trade, for the sake of calling to Allah, for the sake of work and then returning, or for the sake of learning a trade and then returning. There is nothing wrong with that. Yes. What we call migration, we call it travel to the lands of the polytheists for a permissible or lawful purpose. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is what is called reverse migration permissible, meaning from Muslim lands to the lands of disbelievers to acquire some worldly knowledge or to earn money and work?
Answer:
This is not migration. This is travel to the lands of the polytheists for the sake of trade, for the sake of calling to Allah, for the sake of work and then returning, or for the sake of learning a trade and then returning. There is nothing wrong with that. Yes. What we call migration, we call it travel to the lands of the polytheists for a permissible or lawful purpose. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2920 -3022] هل يجوز الهجرة من بلاد المسلمين إلى بلاد الكفار لأخذ علوم الدنيا أو لاكتساب المال؟ — youtube.com
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