Is it permissible to travel to the lands of disbelievers for the purpose of tourism and entertainment?

The questioner : There is an addition to the question, Your Eminence: Does traveling to the lands of disbelievers for tourism fall under this prohibition?

The Shaykh : If the primary intention, as you mentioned, is for tourism, without considering or looking at things as is the etiquette of the Qur'an and the guidance of the Qur'an, then it exposes the Muslim tourist to falling into trial. Therefore, we stipulate for the one who goes for tourism or to learn a science that is from the sciences of necessity: that he be protected in two senses: the material and the moral. That is, by his Islamic morals and by his Muslim wife, through whom he protects himself and through whom she is also protected. If this is the case, then it is permissible for him to go for the sake of tourism and sightseeing, or to learn the science of necessity, on the condition that he intends to return immediately once the purpose for which he traveled to those lands is fulfilled.