Please, our Shaykh, we want to hear from you the ruling on emigrating from Palestine.
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The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
The questioner : ... from Zarqa.
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
The questioner : May Allah greet you. By Allah, we are in a session right now, and I have about seven young men sitting with me discussing some issues, Your Eminence.The Shaykh : Raising an issue in your name, I do not know, the latest fatwa?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Regarding the issue of emigrating from Palestine.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : We wanted to hear from you directly from the phone.
The Shaykh : Listen to the tape; listening to it is better. Do you think I should repeat the lecture for you now?
The questioner : I do not want the lecture... Is it authentic?
The Shaykh : Listen to the tape.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the summary of the tape is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) emigrated from Makkah when he and his companions and followers were oppressed, to Madinah, and Makkah is far better than Bayt al-Maqdis.
The questioner : This is by the consensus of the Muslims.
The Shaykh : Yes, so their emigration was to a land where they could perform the rituals of their religion and save and rescue themselves from the oppression, tyranny, and killing of the innocent by the Jews without right. It is well known about the Jews, by the explicit text of the Qur'an, that they used to kill the prophets, let alone others, without right. This is the summary of the speech.
The questioner : Okay, may Allah reward you with good. Excuse me, Shaykh, now you know that Muslims are oppressed almost everywhere. Where do they emigrate if we are asked this question?
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you. All of this has been discussed. Do you think Jordan is like the Jews?
The questioner : I do not think so...
The Shaykh : Okay, what does this question mean? May Allah guide you...
The questioner : For example, Jordan cannot accept...
The Shaykh : Any other country, any other country to which a Muslim can emigrate, that is his obligation. As for me, I am not the owner of the world to tell you this country or that. I am a man of knowledge; I say what I am obligated by Allah to say. Just as one asks me, "I am a rich man and I deposit my money in the bank, is that permissible?" I say to him: No. He says to me, "What do I do? What is the alternative?" I say to him, "This is not my job. I know how to tell you:Sahih Muslim 1598 As for what the alternative is, that is not my job...
The questioner : Excuse me, Shaykh, now there is a lot of confusion regarding this fatwa.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah guide you, read the tape and that is enough, and do not argue. We have no readiness to repeat the lecture for every person who finds a legal ruling difficult.[An-Nisa 4:97] You take issues with your minds and not with the texts of your Lord's Book and the hadiths of your Prophet. Submit. [An-Nisa 4:65] Those who find a problem with this fatwa are one of two men: either ignorant, in which case he should learn, or malicious, a person of desire, in which case he must fear Allah the Mighty and Majestic. I am not bringing anything from my own house; rather, it is explicit verses and hadiths. [Al-Ahzab 33:21] The emigrants who emigrated from Makkah to Madinah are those who opened the door or established the Sunnah of emigration. Therefore, whoever wants to follow, those are the people with whom one does not become wretched if he follows their Sunnah. And peace be upon you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of yourself.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you.
The questioner : ... from Zarqa.
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
The questioner : May Allah greet you. By Allah, we are in a session right now, and I have about seven young men sitting with me discussing some issues, Your Eminence.The Shaykh : Raising an issue in your name, I do not know, the latest fatwa?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Regarding the issue of emigrating from Palestine.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : We wanted to hear from you directly from the phone.
The Shaykh : Listen to the tape; listening to it is better. Do you think I should repeat the lecture for you now?
The questioner : I do not want the lecture... Is it authentic?
The Shaykh : Listen to the tape.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the summary of the tape is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) emigrated from Makkah when he and his companions and followers were oppressed, to Madinah, and Makkah is far better than Bayt al-Maqdis.
The questioner : This is by the consensus of the Muslims.
The Shaykh : Yes, so their emigration was to a land where they could perform the rituals of their religion and save and rescue themselves from the oppression, tyranny, and killing of the innocent by the Jews without right. It is well known about the Jews, by the explicit text of the Qur'an, that they used to kill the prophets, let alone others, without right. This is the summary of the speech.
The questioner : Okay, may Allah reward you with good. Excuse me, Shaykh, now you know that Muslims are oppressed almost everywhere. Where do they emigrate if we are asked this question?
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you. All of this has been discussed. Do you think Jordan is like the Jews?
The questioner : I do not think so...
The Shaykh : Okay, what does this question mean? May Allah guide you...
The questioner : For example, Jordan cannot accept...
The Shaykh : Any other country, any other country to which a Muslim can emigrate, that is his obligation. As for me, I am not the owner of the world to tell you this country or that. I am a man of knowledge; I say what I am obligated by Allah to say. Just as one asks me, "I am a rich man and I deposit my money in the bank, is that permissible?" I say to him: No. He says to me, "What do I do? What is the alternative?" I say to him, "This is not my job. I know how to tell you:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cursed the accepter of interest and its payer, and one who records it, and the two witnesses
لعن الله آكل الربا و موكله و كاتبه و شاهديهThe questioner : Excuse me, Shaykh, now there is a lot of confusion regarding this fatwa.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah guide you, read the tape and that is enough, and do not argue. We have no readiness to repeat the lecture for every person who finds a legal ruling difficult.
Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?
ألم تكن أرض الله واسعة فتهاجروا فيهاBut 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 و لا يجدوا في أنفسهم حرجا مما قضيت و يسلموا تسليماThere has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often.
و لقد كان لكم في رسول الله أسوة حسنة لمن كان يرجو الله و اليوم الآخر و ذكر الله كثيراThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of yourself.
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