I am from the sister country of Syria, and I have been residing in Libya for three years, and my family wishes for me to visit them
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The questioner: I am from the sister country of Syria, and I have been residing in Libya for three years, and now I know nothing about the situation, and now I am choosing between dutifulness to my parents and commitment to the religion and the government we have; what do you advise us?
The Shaykh : Are your parents in Libya?
The questioner: No, in Syria, and I want to go to them and visit them, of course one of the brothers advised me—for example—that I ask regarding...
The Shaykh: If you go and visit your parents in Syria, are they residing in Syria?
The questioner: They have been residing in Syria for three years...
The Shaykh: You have not known them or seen them for three years?
The questioner: No, I saw them for only 12 days out of a year and two months approximately.
The Shaykh: And they wish for you to reside with them?
The questioner : They want me to visit them.
The Shaykh: Do you visit them or reside with them?
The questioner: No, I visit them. I work in Libya.
The Shaykh: Okay; what is the question?
The questioner: The question is: How do we deal with the government we have?
The Shaykh: You—may Allah bless you—you are destroying yourself, do not ask about how you deal with the government, rather ask how you deal with yourselves? He—Exalted is He—said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:105], so do not think or ask yourselves how you deal with the government that does not rule by what Allah has revealed = -- and upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings -- = Did you understand up to here?
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Okay; so you must fear Allah—Mighty and Majestic—and you and those like you among the youth, within the limits that the situation allows you, and if you are able to emigrate from that country to another country where you are able to perform the rituals of your religion more, it is obligatory for you to emigrate, otherwise fear Allah within the limits of your ability.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you understood me?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The Shaykh : Are your parents in Libya?
The questioner: No, in Syria, and I want to go to them and visit them, of course one of the brothers advised me—for example—that I ask regarding...
The Shaykh: If you go and visit your parents in Syria, are they residing in Syria?
The questioner: They have been residing in Syria for three years...
The Shaykh: You have not known them or seen them for three years?
The questioner: No, I saw them for only 12 days out of a year and two months approximately.
The Shaykh: And they wish for you to reside with them?
The questioner : They want me to visit them.
The Shaykh: Do you visit them or reside with them?
The questioner: No, I visit them. I work in Libya.
The Shaykh: Okay; what is the question?
The questioner: The question is: How do we deal with the government we have?
The Shaykh: You—may Allah bless you—you are destroying yourself, do not ask about how you deal with the government, rather ask how you deal with yourselves? He—Exalted is He—said:
O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْThe questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Okay; so you must fear Allah—Mighty and Majestic—and you and those like you among the youth, within the limits that the situation allows you, and if you are able to emigrate from that country to another country where you are able to perform the rituals of your religion more, it is obligatory for you to emigrate, otherwise fear Allah within the limits of your ability.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you understood me?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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