The Ruling on Migrating from Muslim Lands to Disbelieving Western Countries
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What is the ruling on migrating from a Muslim country to a Western or disbelieving country?
Migration, may Allah bless you, is moving from a land of shirk (associating partners with Allah) to a land of Islam, not from a land of Islam to a land of shirk. This is unless a person is persecuted in a Muslim land, prevented from practicing the rituals of his religion, and is able to practice the rituals of the religion and call to Allah the Mighty and Majestic in a disbelieving land. In that case, his moving is better than his staying, unless his moving causes harm to the other committed believers.Meaning, if we say: They left this land where the committed are persecuted, and then they left one by one, leaving the land with the corrupters.Then in this case, we say: Be patient and stay in your land, and help your brothers in rectifying matters in the best way.
Even I see that as long as his staying is beneficial to the other committed brothers who are present, let him stay, and if Allah wills, Allah will relieve his situation.
Migration, may Allah bless you, is moving from a land of shirk (associating partners with Allah) to a land of Islam, not from a land of Islam to a land of shirk. This is unless a person is persecuted in a Muslim land, prevented from practicing the rituals of his religion, and is able to practice the rituals of the religion and call to Allah the Mighty and Majestic in a disbelieving land. In that case, his moving is better than his staying, unless his moving causes harm to the other committed believers.Meaning, if we say: They left this land where the committed are persecuted, and then they left one by one, leaving the land with the corrupters.Then in this case, we say: Be patient and stay in your land, and help your brothers in rectifying matters in the best way.
Even I see that as long as his staying is beneficial to the other committed brothers who are present, let him stay, and if Allah wills, Allah will relieve his situation.