Ruling on traveling to lands of disbelief to seek knowledge?
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The questioner : ... and may Allah reward you with good?
The Shaykh : My opinion, which I have issued as a ruling in the past and present, and I remain upon it, and I have not ceased to be upon it by the permission of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), is that it is not permissible for a young Muslim man to travel to lands of disbelief, open sinfulness, and lewdness to learn knowledge that is not an individual obligation upon him; except if two conditions are met in him, or if he possesses two safeguards: that he be safeguarded by being married, and that he be safeguarded by Islamic morals. He must be safeguarded by Islamic morals on one hand, and also be safeguarded by being married to a Muslim woman who prevents his foot from slipping due to the abundance of lewdness in those lands.
I say with the mu'adhdhin: Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar.
The Shaykh : My opinion, which I have issued as a ruling in the past and present, and I remain upon it, and I have not ceased to be upon it by the permission of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), is that it is not permissible for a young Muslim man to travel to lands of disbelief, open sinfulness, and lewdness to learn knowledge that is not an individual obligation upon him; except if two conditions are met in him, or if he possesses two safeguards: that he be safeguarded by being married, and that he be safeguarded by Islamic morals. He must be safeguarded by Islamic morals on one hand, and also be safeguarded by being married to a Muslim woman who prevents his foot from slipping due to the abundance of lewdness in those lands.
I say with the mu'adhdhin: Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar.
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