What is meant by the settlement of a disbeliever in lands where disbelievers are prohibited from residing, and vice versa?
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The questioner : What is meant by settlement, my master? For example, if a person stays in a place for six months on a mission, is this considered settlement?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : So why, for example, do maids who might go and come back...?
The Shaykh : Go and come back?!
The questioner : I mean, they come for a year and then leave, for instance, or foreigners.
The Shaykh : Because, realistically, it appears that they will live and die there.
The questioner : So the intent is that they do not remain?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So does the same apply to Makkah and al-Madinah? That is, the current situation does not allow them to enter at all.
The Shaykh : What is the current situation?
The questioner : They do not allow them to enter at all, not even for trade or passage.
Another questioner : Non-Muslims are not permitted to enter Makkah and al-Madinah.
The Shaykh : No, no, Makkah has a specific ruling. It is permissible to enter al-Madinah because this has occurred, but settlement is not permissible. As for Makkah,[At-Tawbah 9:28].
The questioner : Regarding the hadith, you had clarified to us that this hadith is not meant as a report, in the sense that it is not impossible for it to happen, but rather...
The Shaykh : It is legislation, legislation.
The questioner : Yes, it is an exhortation and encouragement.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : Shaykh, does the prohibition cover all of Makkah?
The Shaykh : Sometimes it refers to the mosque where prayer is performed, and sometimes it refers to the Haram.
The questioner : In the situation we are discussing now regarding non-Muslims, regarding their entry!
The Shaykh : The general meaning.
The questioner : The general meaning.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : So why, for example, do maids who might go and come back...?
The Shaykh : Go and come back?!
The questioner : I mean, they come for a year and then leave, for instance, or foreigners.
The Shaykh : Because, realistically, it appears that they will live and die there.
The questioner : So the intent is that they do not remain?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So does the same apply to Makkah and al-Madinah? That is, the current situation does not allow them to enter at all.
The Shaykh : What is the current situation?
The questioner : They do not allow them to enter at all, not even for trade or passage.
Another questioner : Non-Muslims are not permitted to enter Makkah and al-Madinah.
The Shaykh : No, no, Makkah has a specific ruling. It is permissible to enter al-Madinah because this has occurred, but settlement is not permissible. As for Makkah,
so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year
فَلَا يَقْرَبُوا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَذَاThe questioner : Regarding the hadith, you had clarified to us that this hadith is not meant as a report, in the sense that it is not impossible for it to happen, but rather...
The Shaykh : It is legislation, legislation.
The questioner : Yes, it is an exhortation and encouragement.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : Shaykh, does the prohibition cover all of Makkah?
The Shaykh : Sometimes it refers to the mosque where prayer is performed, and sometimes it refers to the Haram.
The questioner : In the situation we are discussing now regarding non-Muslims, regarding their entry!
The Shaykh : The general meaning.
The questioner : The general meaning.
The Shaykh: Yes.
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