From our sister country Syria, and I was residing in Libya for three years, and now I know nothing about the situation, and now I am choosing between dutifulness to parents and commitment
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The questioner : From our sister country Syria, and I was residing in Libya for three years, and now I know nothing about the situation, and now I am choosing between dutifulness to parents and commitment and the government that is with us, what do you advise us?
The Shaykh : Are your parents in Libya?
The questioner : No, they are in Syria, and I want to go visit them, of course. One of the brothers advised me, for example, to ask about the commitment.
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 been away from them for three years, you have not seen them?
The questioner : No, I saw them, but only 12 days out of a year and two months approximately.
The Shaykh : Ah, and do they want you to reside with them?
The questioner : They want me to visit them.
The Shaykh : Visit them and not reside?
The questioner : I visit them.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : I am working in Libya.
The Shaykh : Okay, what is the question?
The questioner : The question is how do we deal with the government that is with us?
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you, you and those like you, do not ask about how you deal with the government, but ask how you deal with yourselves? He - the Exalted - said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:105] So think and do not 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 : So you must fear Allah - Mighty and Majestic - you and those like you from the youth, within the limits of what 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 : Are your parents in Libya?
The questioner : No, they are in Syria, and I want to go visit them, of course. One of the brothers advised me, for example, to ask about the commitment.
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 been away from them for three years, you have not seen them?
The questioner : No, I saw them, but only 12 days out of a year and two months approximately.
The Shaykh : Ah, and do they want you to reside with them?
The questioner : They want me to visit them.
The Shaykh : Visit them and not reside?
The questioner : I visit them.
The Shaykh: All right.
The questioner : I am working in Libya.
The Shaykh : Okay, what is the question?
The questioner : The question is how do we deal with the government that is with us?
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you, you and those like you, do not ask about how you deal with the government, but ask how you deal with yourselves? He - the Exalted - 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 : So you must fear Allah - Mighty and Majestic - you and those like you from the youth, within the limits of what 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.
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