Explaining the impact of the environment and general atmosphere on the Muslim, and that emigrating from a non-Islamic environment is a religious requirement.
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The Shaykh : Just as a Muslim takes care to protect his physical health by moving from a salty, unhealthy land to a pure, healthy land, so too is the case with the moral and religious aspect; the matter differs entirely. For example, I, Al-Albani, as you know, emigrated from Albania...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ha, and we emigrated to the land of migration of Ibrahim (peace be upon him), to the Levant. Then I emigrated from Damascus to here, because we saw that the situation there had changed from what it was before, and we found the situation here much better than there. As I always tell my brothers, knowledge does not accept stagnation; knowledge is in progress and development, and a person must develop with the knowledge. But what kind of knowledge? Beneficial knowledge, not harmful knowledge, and so on.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : ... that this thing is impossible, and he told me I was...
The Shaykh : What did he say to you?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : My opinion is that... regarding the entire matter.
The Shaykh: Correct.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Correct.
The questioner : And this ...
The Shaykh : This is a matter... they say about us in the Levant that so-and-so steals the kibbeh from the head of the mutton; the situation does not go well, he has to take all the mutton from us. There are examples in the Noble Qur'an; our Lord says:[An-Nisa 4:43], so if a person takes a part of the verse, he becomes a disbeliever. Why are we praying? Allah said, "Do not approach prayer," so, brother, complete it. This is what people do. And it was said in the past: "The defect of news is in its narrators," "The defect of news is in its narrators." May Allah help us.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ah, this man who stirred up the world and settled it down, may Allah disgrace him, wanted to get close to the Palestinians. And it was said to me, and Allah knows best, that in the past, when the fitnah, unfortunately, arose between the Jordanians here and our Palestinian brothers...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ah, Allah is the Greatest. So now he wanted to win the votes of the Palestinians for what? To succeed in the election. May Allah disgrace him. And he fell, because our Lord - Mighty and Majestic - knows the treachery of the eyes and what is in the breasts. This is a fatwa I issued, derived from the Book of Allah and the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah. Let us suppose that I made a mistake, and who is this person who does not make mistakes?
The questioner : There is no person...
The Shaykh : Absolutely not. Suppose that I made a mistake in something to publicize this man. This is not it, Abu Shaker. The one who gave the Friday sermon, will they insult people for... all of this is publicizing Al-Albani, and then fabricating against him that he orders the Palestinians to leave the land for the Jews. May Allah kill them. How are they turned away? I say, O people, fear Allah. Our Lord says:[An-Nisa 4:97]. I give you an example. A Palestinian son who lives in Haifa and Jaffa is, from the religious and moral aspect, like the one who lives in the West Bank.
The questioner : No, at least there are some people who are careful.
The Shaykh : No problem, we are speaking in general terms.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Now, there are young people living in Britain and America who are much better than here, but no, we are speaking about the general atmosphere.
The questioner : The general atmosphere.
The Shaykh : Ah, so as they say, land merchants differ by the inch, so in the moral and educational aspect, it differs from country to country. So Haifa and Jaffa and Tel Aviv are not like Gaza and its like, right or not?
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : Ah, so I suppose that I, by Allah, issued this fatwa from my opinion, even though it is from the Qur'an and the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah - (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Abi Dawud 2201Sahih (Al-Albani) Brothers, his migration was to Allah and His Messenger, Sunan an-Nasa'i 75Sahih (Darussalam) I did not say anything from myself. Allah said, the Messenger of Allah said, and I am only reminding. But suppose that I made a mistake.
The questioner : There is no need for that.
The Shaykh : Who has not made a mistake? This preacher who preached against us, did he not make a mistake in his time, not even once?
The questioner : There is no person who is infallible.
The Shaykh : ... none of us is except like this, but this publicizing was behind it to win the votes of the Palestinians. And some of them told me that... they told him that they caught him... a fatwa came out to kill these brothers. These are Allah is the Greatest. So he denied and denied. The important thing is that may Allah disgrace him. Now, the last time... and may Allah help us.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : By Allah, we seek help from Allah.
The questioner : There is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh :[Ibrahim 14:42] .
The student : Last year, twelve thousand votes.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The student : This year, eight hundred.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah.
The questioner : There is no god but Allah...
The Shaykh : There is no god but Allah.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ha, and we emigrated to the land of migration of Ibrahim (peace be upon him), to the Levant. Then I emigrated from Damascus to here, because we saw that the situation there had changed from what it was before, and we found the situation here much better than there. As I always tell my brothers, knowledge does not accept stagnation; knowledge is in progress and development, and a person must develop with the knowledge. But what kind of knowledge? Beneficial knowledge, not harmful knowledge, and so on.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : ... that this thing is impossible, and he told me I was...
The Shaykh : What did he say to you?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : My opinion is that... regarding the entire matter.
The Shaykh: Correct.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Correct.
The questioner : And this ...
The Shaykh : This is a matter... they say about us in the Levant that so-and-so steals the kibbeh from the head of the mutton; the situation does not go well, he has to take all the mutton from us. There are examples in the Noble Qur'an; our Lord says:
do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying or in a state of janabah, except those passing through [a place of prayer], until you have washed [your whole body]
لَا تَقْرَبُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَأَنْتُمْ سُكَارَى حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا مَا تَقُولُونَ وَلَا جُنُبًا إِلَّا عَابِرِي سَبِيلٍ حَتَّى تَغْتَسِلُواDo not approach prayer
لَا تَقْرَبُوا الصَّلَاةَThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ah, this man who stirred up the world and settled it down, may Allah disgrace him, wanted to get close to the Palestinians. And it was said to me, and Allah knows best, that in the past, when the fitnah, unfortunately, arose between the Jordanians here and our Palestinian brothers...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Ah, Allah is the Greatest. So now he wanted to win the votes of the Palestinians for what? To succeed in the election. May Allah disgrace him. And he fell, because our Lord - Mighty and Majestic - knows the treachery of the eyes and what is in the breasts. This is a fatwa I issued, derived from the Book of Allah and the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah. Let us suppose that I made a mistake, and who is this person who does not make mistakes?
The questioner : There is no person...
The Shaykh : Absolutely not. Suppose that I made a mistake in something to publicize this man. This is not it, Abu Shaker. The one who gave the Friday sermon, will they insult people for... all of this is publicizing Al-Albani, and then fabricating against him that he orders the Palestinians to leave the land for the Jews. May Allah kill them. How are they turned away? I say, O people, fear Allah. Our Lord says:
Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?
أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَاThe questioner : No, at least there are some people who are careful.
The Shaykh : No problem, we are speaking in general terms.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Now, there are young people living in Britain and America who are much better than here, but no, we are speaking about the general atmosphere.
The questioner : The general atmosphere.
The Shaykh : Ah, so as they say, land merchants differ by the inch, so in the moral and educational aspect, it differs from country to country. So Haifa and Jaffa and Tel Aviv are not like Gaza and its like, right or not?
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : Ah, so I suppose that I, by Allah, issued this fatwa from my opinion, even though it is from the Qur'an and the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah - (peace and blessings be upon him):
Actions are to be judged only by intentions and a man will have only what he intended. When one’s emigration is to Allaah and His Apostle
إنما الأعمال بالنيات ، وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوى ، فمَن كانت هجرته إلى الله ورسولهhis emigration was for Allah and His Messenger, and he whose emigration was to achieve some worldly benefit or to take some woman in marriage, his emigration was for that which he intended.
فهجرته إلى الله ورسوله ، ومَن كانت هجرته إلى دنيا يصيبها ، أو امرأة ينكحها ؛ فهجرته إلى ما هاجر إليهThe questioner : There is no need for that.
The Shaykh : Who has not made a mistake? This preacher who preached against us, did he not make a mistake in his time, not even once?
The questioner : There is no person who is infallible.
The Shaykh : ... none of us is except like this, but this publicizing was behind it to win the votes of the Palestinians. And some of them told me that... they told him that they caught him... a fatwa came out to kill these brothers. These are Allah is the Greatest. So he denied and denied. The important thing is that may Allah disgrace him. Now, the last time... and may Allah help us.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : By Allah, we seek help from Allah.
The questioner : There is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh :
And never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do
وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللَّهَ غَافِلًا عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الظَّالِمُونَThe student : Last year, twelve thousand votes.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The student : This year, eight hundred.
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah.
The questioner : There is no god but Allah...
The Shaykh : There is no god but Allah.
Source
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