Questioned about Muslims in lands of disbelief who do not pray in congregation, holding that the Shari'ah is not applied there.

The questioner : There are some, my dear brother, who say, for example, in Canada or in America, that these are lands of war and lands of disbelief, and that neither Jumu'ah nor congregation is established there. So he does not pray Jumu'ah or in congregation unless he is able to pray in congregation if someone visits him. Is this statement refuted, or what?

The Shaykh : One hundred percent. His statement that there is no Jumu'ah prayer and no Islamic rulings there. But before that, I say: is this person who does not pray Jumu'ah there because it is a land of war or a land of war, is he following the Shari'ah in not praying Jumu'ah there?

The questioner : He says it is not obligatory.

The Shaykh : Yes, that is it. He does not pray, it is not obligatory for him. Okay, is his residence there obligatory?

The questioner : He says the whole world now is the same, the entire world is like this.

The Shaykh : Ah, these are the people of takfir (declaring someone a disbeliever). The whole world is like this. These people have destroyed Islam anew, other than the group of Juhayman in Saudi Arabia, and the group that killed Sadat.

The questioner : The Ijtihad group in Istanbul.

The Shaykh : The Istanbul group, and these Syrians who destroyed the lands of Hama and Aleppo, and so on. They want to destroy some other Islamic lands anew with such calls that it is all a land of disbelief. Just now, one of the Algerians asked me this same question. There is no power and no strength except with Allah.