Speaking on the severity of residing in lands of disbelief.
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The questioner : The girl, after being eleven years old, her father has no authority over her.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The Muslim girl there, after twelve years, understands; meaning, there is no love, and it is not permissible for her father to control her.
The Shaykh : This is it, yes.
The questioner : This is the greatest crime; he said, "Freedom."
Another questioner : Her father sees who defiles her and is unable to do anything.
Another questioner : He does not move a finger.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest! And so it came in the hadith:, it is far from being far from the house of the polytheist, Allah is the Greatest. And among that is what came in "Sahih al-Bukhari" from the hadith of the most memorizing of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 2766a, that is, an ignorant worshipper, a worshipper who is ignorant , but the man wanted to repent truly, sincere in his intention to repent, - here is the point - , this is a sincere man. A fatwa came out from us regarding the obligation of the Muslim's migration from the lands of disbelief, from the lands occupied by the disbelievers, and so on. They raised a commotion and settled it; why? How can one migrate, leaving his land and his wealth to the enemy? This repentant man, truly, as soon as the scholar said to him: , he did not care about anything, about all the relationships that were between him and his land and his relatives, and so on. He did not ask about them and set out, knowing nothing about them, executing the advice of the advising scholar , and indeed, deeds are judged by their endings, .
The point is: all these hadiths are in the mind of the Muslim jurist, making him a spiritual doctor. Just as physical doctors try to settle people in a pure land free of plague, that spiritual Muslim doctor strives with all effort, based on such hadiths, to settle Muslims in pure, clear atmospheres that do not contain what corrupts their spirit and meanings. And this hadith, as they say today, puts the dots on the letters. Why did the Messenger (peace be upon him) say:? Because the infection of the disbeliever spreads to the Muslim. And this is the evil one; the learned scholar advised you: "You are in a bad land. How can you kill a hundred souls? If this were a good land, it would not help you with this wickedness, this falsehood, and this tyranny . I say to Muslims: stick to your lands, no matter what your lands are. Of course, they have deviated from what the Islamic lands were in the past, but they are still good compared to the disbeliever lands where nudity is permitted and zina is permitted and its means are facilitated in every way. Truly, we are, unfortunately, on the path, but we still need time - may Allah forbid - to reach the nadir that those people reached. For this reason, it is not permissible for Muslims, ever, not that it is not permissible for them to become citizens, but it is not permissible for them to sit with that people, to mix with them, or to live with them. Therefore, he (peace be upon him) said: . Excuse me, we mentioned this. He said: ; because the infection spreads to him. And the example Abu Islam mentioned earlier is the worst example: the girl, let alone the young man, becomes unruly, escaping the will of his father and his obedience. As for in the Islamic lands, there is some of this unruliness, but it is not like that unruliness; there is still some modesty, some shyness. The society, meaning Islamic, still has a good appearance, even if there is smoke in it.
So we ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to guide us to the straight path.
The questioner : Amen, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... From my view, there is a difference between the munkar in our Islamic lands and the munkar there. The munkar there is not considered munkar from their perspective, and even from the perspective of some Muslims due to the length of their residence.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : It has become a normal thing that the soul gets used to, to the extent that, here, praise be to Allah, the presence of Islam as a foundation keeps the munkar as munkar, only those who denounce this munkar.
The Shaykh: Correct.
The questioner : Their number may decrease or increase, but the matter will remain munkar.
The Shaykh : This observation is correct, and this is sufficient as a difference between the lands.
Yes.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : The Muslim girl there, after twelve years, understands; meaning, there is no love, and it is not permissible for her father to control her.
The Shaykh : This is it, yes.
The questioner : This is the greatest crime; he said, "Freedom."
Another questioner : Her father sees who defiles her and is unable to do anything.
Another questioner : He does not move a finger.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest! And so it came in the hadith:
The Muslim and the mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) do not see each other's fires.
المسلم والمشرك لا تتراءى نارهماThere was a person before you who had killed ninety-nine persons and then made an inquiry about the learned persons of the world (who could show him the way to salvation). He was directed to a monk.
كان فيمن قبلكم رجل قتل تسعة وتسعين نفسا فأراد أن يتوب فسأل عن أعلم أهل الأرض فدل على راهبSo he went to him and said to him: "I have killed ninety-nine souls, and I want to repent to Allah?" He said: "You want to repent to Allah and you have killed ninety-nine? There is no repentance for you. Complete the number of a hundred."
فأتاه وقال له : أنا قتلت تسعة وتسعين نفسًا ، وأريد أن أتوب إلى الله ؟ قال : تريد أن تتوب إلى الله وقتلت تسعة وتسعين ؟ لا توبة لك ، كمَّل عدد المئةSo he kept asking about the most knowledgeable person in the land until he was directed to a scholar. He went to him and said: "I have killed a hundred souls without right; do I have any repentance?" He said: "And who is between you and repentance?! But you
فمازال يسأل عن أعلم أهل الأرض حتى دُلَّ على عالم ، فذهب إليه وقال : أنا قتلت مئة نفس بغير حقٍّ ؛ فهل لي من توبة ؟ قال : ومَن يحول بينك وبين التوبة ؟! ولكنكBut you are in a bad land; so go out from it to such-and-such a village whose people are righteous, so he went out.
ولكنَّك بأرض سوء ؛ فاخرج منها إلى القرية الفلانية الصالح أهلُها ، فخرجBut you are in a bad land, go out from it.
ولكنَّك بأرض سوء ، اخرُجْ منهاOn the way, death came to him, so the angels of mercy and the angels of punishment disputed over him, each claiming that it was his right. The angels of punishment said: "He lived his whole life and killed a hundred souls without right. Who is more entitled to take his soul than us?" The angels of mercy said: "Yes, but this man repented to Allah and turned back.
في الطريق جاءه الموت ، فتنازعته ملائكة الرحمة وملائكة العذاب ، كلٌّ يدَّعي أنه من حقِّه ملائكة العذاب عاش العمر كله وقتل مئة نفس بغير حقٍّ ، من أولى بقبض روحه منَّا ؟ ملائكة الرحمة بتقول : نعم ، ولكن هذا تاب إلى الله وأنابSo Allah sent to them an angel as a judge, who said: "Measure the distance between him and each of the two villages, the village he went out from and the village he intended to go to; to whichever he was closer, assign him to its people." They found that he was closer to the village whose people were righteous, so the angels of mercy took charge of him.
فأرسل الله إليهم ملكًا حكم قال : قيسوا ما بينه وبين كلٍّ من القريتين ، القرية التي خرج منها والقرية التي قصد إليها ؛ فإلى أيِّهما كان أقرب فألحقوه بأهلها ، فوجدوه إلى القرية الصالح أهلها فتولَّتْه ملائكة الرحمةThe point is: all these hadiths are in the mind of the Muslim jurist, making him a spiritual doctor. Just as physical doctors try to settle people in a pure land free of plague, that spiritual Muslim doctor strives with all effort, based on such hadiths, to settle Muslims in pure, clear atmospheres that do not contain what corrupts their spirit and meanings. And this hadith, as they say today, puts the dots on the letters. Why did the Messenger (peace be upon him) say:
Their two fires do not meet.
لا تتراءى نارهماGo to the village whose people are righteous.
اخرُجْ إلى القرية الصَّالح أهلهاThe Muslim and the mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah)
المسلم والمشركI am innocent of every Muslim who resides among the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah).
أنا بريءٌ من كلِّ مسلم أقام بين ظهراني المشركينSo we ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to guide us to the straight path.
The questioner : Amen, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : ... From my view, there is a difference between the munkar in our Islamic lands and the munkar there. The munkar there is not considered munkar from their perspective, and even from the perspective of some Muslims due to the length of their residence.
The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : It has become a normal thing that the soul gets used to, to the extent that, here, praise be to Allah, the presence of Islam as a foundation keeps the munkar as munkar, only those who denounce this munkar.
The Shaykh: Correct.
The questioner : Their number may decrease or increase, but the matter will remain munkar.
The Shaykh : This observation is correct, and this is sufficient as a difference between the lands.
Yes.
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