Where do the Palestinians migrate to if they leave the West Bank, with discussion?
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The questioner : But to which region do we migrate? All of it is occupied, just like the West Bank.
The Shaykh : No, they are not.
The questioner : Where, where do we migrate to?
The Shaykh : They are not the same, no, allow me.
The questioner: Go ahead.
The Shaykh : I agree with you on some of what you said, but I do not agree with you that it is all occupied.
The questioner : All of it.
The Shaykh : Because there are two occupations, allow me: there is a military and intellectual/cultural occupation, and there is an intellectual/cultural occupation without a military occupation. So now I am asking you: unfortunately, the Americans have occupied Saudi Arabia now. Do you think that Saudi Arabia is now as it was twenty years ago?
The questioner : It is it.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner : From the day the House of Saud took power in Saudi Arabia until now.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you. We do not want to work based on whims; we want to work based on studying reality. Did you see images being widespread in Saudi Arabia ten or twenty years ago?
The questioner : But only for some people.
The Shaykh : I hope you will answer, may Allah bless you.
The questioner : For some people, but there are other people.
The Shaykh : What do you mean by "some people"? What do you mean by "some people"?
The questioner: That is to say ...
The Shaykh : The pictures that are now hung in the Saudi government offices of the King, the Deputy King, the King's brother, the one who died, the one who is alive, and so on—were these present ten years ago?
The questioner : Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Okay, if you do not know, what is your duty?
Another questioner : That he should know.
The Shaykh : You, who do not know, by your own admission, what is your duty? You do not even know that.
Another questioner : No, I must know.
The Shaykh : What is your duty? One who does not know.
Another questioner : I learn.
The Shaykh : So your duty is that you must say, as the Lord of the Worlds said:[An-Nahl 16:43] So you do not know, then ask those who know.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, ask whom you wish from the elders here. Ask me, who has performed Hajj thirty times and I do not know how many 'Umrah I have performed, and I stayed in Madinah for three years. I am telling you that these pictures were not known at all before, and there was no Saudi embassy where, as soon as you enter, you see the idol in front of you. This phenomenon did not exist at all. How can you say that now is like that time? This is wrong, this is wrong. Therefore...
Another questioner : The House of Saud...
The Shaykh : My brother, my brother, may Allah bless you. We did not intend to speak about a people or a group, but you, as Palestinians, must not be so enthusiastic for your country that you violate the Shari'ah of your Prophet, because the ruling of the Shari'ah does not suit your minds. This is not permissible.[An-Nisa 4:65] I am asking you now: those who left their homes against their will, the Palestinians and others, are they better in the sight of Allah, or those who migrated because the disbelievers occupied their land? Do you know how to answer? Do you not know? Ask the people of knowledge?
Another questioner : We migrated from Palestine...
The Shaykh : I am not asking you, I am asking about two types of Palestinians: one type fled, those who came out with their hands to take something, meaning, they lightened their load and its price became high, and they migrated and fled and occupied mosques until they found shelter, and so on. Or those who left according to a plan and correct Islamic thought, that this country was occupied by the Jews, so I want to leave to another Islamic country. Which is better?
Another questioner : The one who left for the sake of his religion, to preserve his religion.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you, but I mentioned two to you. Tell me, the first or the second?
The questioner : The one out of fear for his religion.
The Shaykh : My brother, tell me, the first or the second? May Allah guide you.
The questioner : The second.
The Shaykh : I do not want the conversation to be vague.
The questioner : Out of care for his religion.
The Shaykh : The first or the second?
The questioner : The second one.
The Shaykh : Okay, say this word and shorten it. May Allah guide you.
The questioner : ... for his religion.
The Shaykh : So we now say this: instead of fleeing out of fear of being killed, of looting and plundering, they flee to Allah.[Adh-Dhariyat 51:50] This fleeing to Allah is non-existent today.
The questioner : Non-existent.
The Shaykh : We cling to our homelands and our lands as the disbelievers cling to them. There is no difference between the Muslim and the disbeliever here. This is a matter I want to draw your attention to, in your capacity as Muslims.
The Shaykh : No, they are not.
The questioner : Where, where do we migrate to?
The Shaykh : They are not the same, no, allow me.
The questioner: Go ahead.
The Shaykh : I agree with you on some of what you said, but I do not agree with you that it is all occupied.
The questioner : All of it.
The Shaykh : Because there are two occupations, allow me: there is a military and intellectual/cultural occupation, and there is an intellectual/cultural occupation without a military occupation. So now I am asking you: unfortunately, the Americans have occupied Saudi Arabia now. Do you think that Saudi Arabia is now as it was twenty years ago?
The questioner : It is it.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner : From the day the House of Saud took power in Saudi Arabia until now.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, may Allah guide you. We do not want to work based on whims; we want to work based on studying reality. Did you see images being widespread in Saudi Arabia ten or twenty years ago?
The questioner : But only for some people.
The Shaykh : I hope you will answer, may Allah bless you.
The questioner : For some people, but there are other people.
The Shaykh : What do you mean by "some people"? What do you mean by "some people"?
The questioner: That is to say ...
The Shaykh : The pictures that are now hung in the Saudi government offices of the King, the Deputy King, the King's brother, the one who died, the one who is alive, and so on—were these present ten years ago?
The questioner : Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Okay, if you do not know, what is your duty?
Another questioner : That he should know.
The Shaykh : You, who do not know, by your own admission, what is your duty? You do not even know that.
Another questioner : No, I must know.
The Shaykh : What is your duty? One who does not know.
Another questioner : I learn.
The Shaykh : So your duty is that you must say, as the Lord of the Worlds said:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فاسألوا أهل الذكر إن كنتم لا تعلمونThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, ask whom you wish from the elders here. Ask me, who has performed Hajj thirty times and I do not know how many 'Umrah I have performed, and I stayed in Madinah for three years. I am telling you that these pictures were not known at all before, and there was no Saudi embassy where, as soon as you enter, you see the idol in front of you. This phenomenon did not exist at all. How can you say that now is like that time? This is wrong, this is wrong. Therefore...
Another questioner : The House of Saud...
The Shaykh : My brother, my brother, may Allah bless you. We did not intend to speak about a people or a group, but you, as Palestinians, must not be so enthusiastic for your country that you violate the Shari'ah of your Prophet, because the ruling of the Shari'ah does not suit your minds. This is not permissible.
But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission.
فلا وربك لا يؤمنون حتى يحكموك فيما شجر بينهم ثم لا يجدوا في أنفسهم حرجا مما قضيت ويسلموا تسليماAnother questioner : We migrated from Palestine...
The Shaykh : I am not asking you, I am asking about two types of Palestinians: one type fled, those who came out with their hands to take something, meaning, they lightened their load and its price became high, and they migrated and fled and occupied mosques until they found shelter, and so on. Or those who left according to a plan and correct Islamic thought, that this country was occupied by the Jews, so I want to leave to another Islamic country. Which is better?
Another questioner : The one who left for the sake of his religion, to preserve his religion.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you, but I mentioned two to you. Tell me, the first or the second?
The questioner : The one out of fear for his religion.
The Shaykh : My brother, tell me, the first or the second? May Allah guide you.
The questioner : The second.
The Shaykh : I do not want the conversation to be vague.
The questioner : Out of care for his religion.
The Shaykh : The first or the second?
The questioner : The second one.
The Shaykh : Okay, say this word and shorten it. May Allah guide you.
The questioner : ... for his religion.
The Shaykh : So we now say this: instead of fleeing out of fear of being killed, of looting and plundering, they flee to Allah.
So flee to Allah
ففرّوا إلى اللهThe questioner : Non-existent.
The Shaykh : We cling to our homelands and our lands as the disbelievers cling to them. There is no difference between the Muslim and the disbeliever here. This is a matter I want to draw your attention to, in your capacity as Muslims.
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