What is the ruling on living in lands of disbelief out of necessity?
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The questioner : He is a righteous man, we consider him to be so. In their place, there is a music venue, images, birds, and things like that. They tell him, "Do you want to work there?" The man... wants to travel to Saudi Arabia, but they prevented him from going to Saudi Arabia, or they told him, "You will work for us in a restaurant in Taiwan." So our brother said to him, "We will ask for you, if Allah wills." He says they are giving him a choice: either work here in Jordan in this reality, or go to Taiwan and work in our restaurant there. He says, "I advised him to stay here. I advised him against traveling to Taiwan, where he has a brother who was killed there. So what is your opinion?"The Shaykh : ؟.
The Shaykh : I mean, first of all, it is a non-Islamic land.
The questioner : Of course.
The Shaykh : And it contains the open sinfulness and lewdness you mentioned.
The questioner : ....Communist.
The Shaykh : Communist. In any case, we can make your answer correct with some modification, in the sense that some evil is lighter than some; but he should not be approved to work here in the same description you mentioned. What is his relationship to the employer? Is he his son?
The questioner : His father is, as you say, an old man, but his brothers are the ones in charge.
The Shaykh : I mean, his brothers.
The questioner : I mean, if it were his father, perhaps if he refused, they would be lenient with him, but you know his brothers are not like the father.
The Shaykh : And he is living with them?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The truth is that the issue cannot be answered now without us being in contact with the person to know something about his circumstances and conditions. I mean, for example, can he become independent from them or not? I mean, as we say in the Levant, if we hit them with the "Alawite" argument and told him to divorce them with three divorces, what would happen to him? We need to understand from him what the outcome would be. Otherwise, the problem will be handled by the rule that "necessities permit the prohibited," but has this necessity actually occurred? This requires clarification from him, so that we do not fall into excess or deficiency, so that we do not make permissible what Allah has forbidden for the most trivial reasons, and so that we do not be severe with people when necessities exist. Do you understand how it is? Therefore, clarification is necessary.
The Shaykh : I mean, first of all, it is a non-Islamic land.
The questioner : Of course.
The Shaykh : And it contains the open sinfulness and lewdness you mentioned.
The questioner : ....Communist.
The Shaykh : Communist. In any case, we can make your answer correct with some modification, in the sense that some evil is lighter than some; but he should not be approved to work here in the same description you mentioned. What is his relationship to the employer? Is he his son?
The questioner : His father is, as you say, an old man, but his brothers are the ones in charge.
The Shaykh : I mean, his brothers.
The questioner : I mean, if it were his father, perhaps if he refused, they would be lenient with him, but you know his brothers are not like the father.
The Shaykh : And he is living with them?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The truth is that the issue cannot be answered now without us being in contact with the person to know something about his circumstances and conditions. I mean, for example, can he become independent from them or not? I mean, as we say in the Levant, if we hit them with the "Alawite" argument and told him to divorce them with three divorces, what would happen to him? We need to understand from him what the outcome would be. Otherwise, the problem will be handled by the rule that "necessities permit the prohibited," but has this necessity actually occurred? This requires clarification from him, so that we do not fall into excess or deficiency, so that we do not make permissible what Allah has forbidden for the most trivial reasons, and so that we do not be severe with people when necessities exist. Do you understand how it is? Therefore, clarification is necessary.
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