What is the ruling on migrating to the lands of disbelievers to work on the pretext of not being able to find work in the lands of Muslims?

The questioner : A small clarification, O Shaykh, regarding migration to Western countries. When we ask the young men why they migrate, we find they have an answer. They say: There is no work in our country. And when it is said to them, why don't you go to the Islamic countries? They say that it is not permitted for us. Even here in Jordan, there is no work. In Saudi Arabia, they do not grant residency. In Libya, there is no work. In all the Islamic countries, there is no work. What is the solution here? Are the young men to remain unemployed? What is your opinion and your response, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : I believe that, as Allah the Exalted said: , I do not think the matter is as narrow as the restriction you mentioned just now, such that a Muslim cannot find work except in France or Britain. For example, if Muslims went to Pakistan today, would they not find work? I say they would find work, but they are seeking expensive, valuable work. They are seeking material wealth, not a subsistence living, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith: , or in the other hadith: . Do you see? The problem is that these are diseases, one taking hold of the neck of another, one leading to another, and one leading to another. So these are the ones who migrate to the lands of disbelief for the sake of living, not the necessary living, but a life of luxury and extravagance and the like. Does any Muslim doubt that Allah (Mighty and Majestic), if He knows from the heart of a Muslim that he left his country because he did not find a means to earn his provision there, and moved to another Muslim country, that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) would block the path of lawful provision for him except in the lands of disbelief? No Muslim can imagine that. But greed and material avarice—without doubt, money is more available in the lands of disbelief, much more so than in the lands of Islam—this greed and avarice and love of expanding one's earnings is what justifies for these people that they make this false claim and say, "We do not find a place in all the lands of Islam." I say, with regret, that in many of the lands of Islam, a stranger does not find a place in many of them, but not all of them. So the matter is as Allah the Exalted said: .