How can a Muslim achieve safety if he is in a land of disbelief? And what about the large number of people who are there?
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The questioner : In English
Another questioner : What is required of the believer who lives in the land of the disbelievers so that he may protect himself and his religion?
The Shaykh : until
The questioner : Protect himself and his religion?
The Shaykh : He must save himself from the land of disbelief in which he lives and leave it quickly for a land of the Muslims.
The questioner : In English
Another questioner : This is easy to say, but difficult to implement?
The Shaykh : I do not think so. Why?
The questioner : In English
Another questioner : Where would he go?
The questioner : In English
The Shaykh : To Pakistan, for example, which is much closer to their country than Britain is.
The questioner : You mean their original country?
The Shaykh : We return to the original.
The questioner : In English
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, the Western islands, I am allowed to make a mistake. Which country?
The questioner : Europe.
The Shaykh : Europe? I understood you were asking about the Eastern countries?
The questioner: ...
The Shaykh : No, the subject does not change.
The questioner : There are two million, and it is not easy to take them out of such a country?
The Shaykh : The answer is in the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:105], meaning: start with yourself, then with those in your care. So if he cannot save his people, let him save his friends; if he cannot save his friends, let him save his brothers; and finally, himself.
The questioner : In English
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Excuse me, did you mention it by the verse?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And he has encompassed it and is inquiring about its meaning?
The questioner :[Al-Ma'idah 5:105] .
Another questioner : What is required of the believer who lives in the land of the disbelievers so that he may protect himself and his religion?
The Shaykh : until
The questioner : Protect himself and his religion?
The Shaykh : He must save himself from the land of disbelief in which he lives and leave it quickly for a land of the Muslims.
The questioner : In English
Another questioner : This is easy to say, but difficult to implement?
The Shaykh : I do not think so. Why?
The questioner : In English
Another questioner : Where would he go?
The questioner : In English
The Shaykh : To Pakistan, for example, which is much closer to their country than Britain is.
The questioner : You mean their original country?
The Shaykh : We return to the original.
The questioner : In English
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, the Western islands, I am allowed to make a mistake. Which country?
The questioner : Europe.
The Shaykh : Europe? I understood you were asking about the Eastern countries?
The questioner: ...
The Shaykh : No, the subject does not change.
The questioner : There are two million, and it is not easy to take them out of such a country?
The Shaykh : The answer is in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided
يا أيها الذين آمنوا عليكم أنفسكم لا يضركم من ضل إذا اهتديتمThe questioner : In English
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Excuse me, did you mention it by the verse?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And he has encompassed it and is inquiring about its meaning?
The questioner :
upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided
... عليكم أنفسكم لا يضركم من ضل إذا اهتديتم
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