I want to travel to the lands of the disbelievers for academic study, so how do I protect myself?
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The questioner : He says: May your excellenceThe Shaykh : I want to travel to the lands of the disbelievers for academic study, so how do I protect myself? Knowing that I am married and cannot take my family with me, is it permissible.
The Shaykh : But?
The questioner : He says: and I cannot take my family with me. Is it permissible to marry with the intention of divorce until the study period ends? Then what will be the future of the offspring in this situation?
The Shaykh : Yes. I ask thisThe questioner : Why can he not take his wife with him? In my opinion, there is nothing impossible; even if the wife needs to complete her studies, she can complete them there, or at least request a deferral for one or two years. But if we assume that the matter is not possible for one reason or another, then it is obligatory for him to be patient and seek reward from Allah, as Allah commanded him:[An-Nur 24:33]. This is like the one who does not find marriage.
As for marrying with the intention of divorce, this, although it does not appear to be from temporary marriage (mut'ah), contains deception of the woman and her family. For if they knew that he would divorce her when he left what they had married him to, they would not have done so. Then the well-known position in the Hanbali school is that this is forbidden—meaning: marrying with the intention of divorce. They said: he intended temporary marriage, which is deferred marriage. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 1.
As for the opinion of those who validate this marriage: the children are legitimate children who will be with, meaning with their father. But we hear that the laws of those countries do not allow the father to take his children as long as the mother demands they remain with her. This exposes them to adopting the religion of their mother. Yes.
The Shaykh : But?
The questioner : He says: and I cannot take my family with me. Is it permissible to marry with the intention of divorce until the study period ends? Then what will be the future of the offspring in this situation?
The Shaykh : Yes. I ask thisThe questioner : Why can he not take his wife with him? In my opinion, there is nothing impossible; even if the wife needs to complete her studies, she can complete them there, or at least request a deferral for one or two years. But if we assume that the matter is not possible for one reason or another, then it is obligatory for him to be patient and seek reward from Allah, as Allah commanded him:
But let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations] until Allah enriches them from His bounty.
وَلْيَسْتَعْفِفِ الَّذِينَ لا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحاً حَتَّى يُغْنِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِAs for marrying with the intention of divorce, this, although it does not appear to be from temporary marriage (mut'ah), contains deception of the woman and her family. For if they knew that he would divorce her when he left what they had married him to, they would not have done so. Then the well-known position in the Hanbali school is that this is forbidden—meaning: marrying with the intention of divorce. They said: he intended temporary marriage, which is deferred marriage. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
إنما الأعمال بالنيات، وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوىAs for the opinion of those who validate this marriage: the children are legitimate children who will be with, meaning with their father. But we hear that the laws of those countries do not allow the father to take his children as long as the mother demands they remain with her. This exposes them to adopting the religion of their mother. Yes.