What is the ruling on a young Muslim remaining in a land of disbelief, having married a Christian woman and having children with her?
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The questioner : Some of the questions... One of the questions: A young married man is in America and has children, and his situation is such that he is not allowed to return to his country; is it permissible for him to remain in America?
The Shaykh : I think this question came late; how did he stay there for such a long time, and now he is asking after the offspring have arrived, and perhaps he cannot leave with them as we hear; so he is between leaving his children and wife there, and over time they will become Christian, or remaining there and living with those people who are living in a hell of polluted air? So in this case, in reality, we cannot say: it is permissible for him to remain there; because the principle is that the American or European disbeliever, if Allah (Mighty and Majestic) guides him to Islam, is to migrate from those lands to the Islamic lands. Now the reality is the opposite; what concerns us now is not to enter into the details that some people are forced to do so due to political aspects, but we know that many of those who are called immigrants migrated not due to political pressure, but out of greed for wealth, so if these people travel there and live, squander, and waste, and now after this long time have offspring, is it permissible for them to remain there?
Answer: Their going there in the first place is a mistake, and what is built upon a mistake is a mistake. Now the problem is complex such that it does not justify the questioner saying: he must return to his Islamic country, or he should remain there with his family out of concern for the safety of the children's Islamic upbringing; therefore, if this is truly a Muslim, let him do as many people do: study the matter they are in from all sides, free from thinking about material interests, and then proceed to what our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) expands his chest for.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : I think this question came late; how did he stay there for such a long time, and now he is asking after the offspring have arrived, and perhaps he cannot leave with them as we hear; so he is between leaving his children and wife there, and over time they will become Christian, or remaining there and living with those people who are living in a hell of polluted air? So in this case, in reality, we cannot say: it is permissible for him to remain there; because the principle is that the American or European disbeliever, if Allah (Mighty and Majestic) guides him to Islam, is to migrate from those lands to the Islamic lands. Now the reality is the opposite; what concerns us now is not to enter into the details that some people are forced to do so due to political aspects, but we know that many of those who are called immigrants migrated not due to political pressure, but out of greed for wealth, so if these people travel there and live, squander, and waste, and now after this long time have offspring, is it permissible for them to remain there?
Answer: Their going there in the first place is a mistake, and what is built upon a mistake is a mistake. Now the problem is complex such that it does not justify the questioner saying: he must return to his Islamic country, or he should remain there with his family out of concern for the safety of the children's Islamic upbringing; therefore, if this is truly a Muslim, let him do as many people do: study the matter they are in from all sides, free from thinking about material interests, and then proceed to what our Lord (Mighty and Majestic) expands his chest for.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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