Advice to young Muslims who emigrate to lands of disbelief to obtain a passport.
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The questioner : Our brother, this is a very important follow-up, and most young people resort to it.
The Shaykh : Please.
The questioner : Namely, traveling to Western countries under the pretext of obtaining a passport...
The questioner : It is a seal of allegiance.
The questioner : I only wanted a comment from him on this, because I want this comment to be published if there is a possibility.
The Shaykh : Our brother al-Sumadi, his name is
The questioner : Raa'id.
The Shaykh : Raa'id, you know that he resides in Hungary. He asked me about a week ago, by phone, of course. First, he asked me about jihad in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As you know, this is always our view: jihad is not individual jihad against disbelievers who possess all means of fighting and destruction, but rather it is the jihad of Islamic states. But as you know, the Islamic states! However, if there is a scope for assistance, whether in money, treatment, or medicine, and so on, this is the least that is obligatory. We had discussed this with him previously. Then he came to me about a week ago and said: "Now, to deliver this aid to those lands, a Muslim Arab man cannot enter them without a foreign passport. Is it permissible for me to obtain a Hungarian passport so that I can bring in this aid?" I told him it is not permissible, because this is a seal of allegiance to the disbelievers. Because you mean that I want to be governed by this disbelieving system. Therefore, you are seeking help and hoping that they will give you this disbeliever's passport. And I always say that this is the perfection of allegiance to the disbelievers. Also, I have often been asked, and perhaps the doctor knows this fact, that a Muslim, for example, who lives in those lands, in order to have the rights given to an American citizen, must not have an American passport. And if he obtains an American passport, he can marry an American woman and obtain the American passport. Is this correct?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So we say that the end does not justify the means. This is a rule that is not Islamic at all. Therefore, obtaining this passport is the very essence of allegiance, the realization of allegiance to the disbelievers completely. Also, among the problems of residing in those lands, perhaps I learned this from our brother Raa'id or someone else, and perhaps this exists in those lands as well. Residents in those lands are given a salary if they do not have work. Does this exist in America?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It exists. Subhan Allah, our Lord says:[An-Nisa 4:141] And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) says: Muwatta Malik 58:8 So how does a Muslim stretch out his hand to receive money or charity from the hand of a disbeliever? The honor belongs to Allah, His Messenger, and the believers. We ask Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to make us truly believers. And this is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
The Shaykh : Please.
The questioner : Namely, traveling to Western countries under the pretext of obtaining a passport...
The questioner : It is a seal of allegiance.
The questioner : I only wanted a comment from him on this, because I want this comment to be published if there is a possibility.
The Shaykh : Our brother al-Sumadi, his name is
The questioner : Raa'id.
The Shaykh : Raa'id, you know that he resides in Hungary. He asked me about a week ago, by phone, of course. First, he asked me about jihad in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As you know, this is always our view: jihad is not individual jihad against disbelievers who possess all means of fighting and destruction, but rather it is the jihad of Islamic states. But as you know, the Islamic states! However, if there is a scope for assistance, whether in money, treatment, or medicine, and so on, this is the least that is obligatory. We had discussed this with him previously. Then he came to me about a week ago and said: "Now, to deliver this aid to those lands, a Muslim Arab man cannot enter them without a foreign passport. Is it permissible for me to obtain a Hungarian passport so that I can bring in this aid?" I told him it is not permissible, because this is a seal of allegiance to the disbelievers. Because you mean that I want to be governed by this disbelieving system. Therefore, you are seeking help and hoping that they will give you this disbeliever's passport. And I always say that this is the perfection of allegiance to the disbelievers. Also, I have often been asked, and perhaps the doctor knows this fact, that a Muslim, for example, who lives in those lands, in order to have the rights given to an American citizen, must not have an American passport. And if he obtains an American passport, he can marry an American woman and obtain the American passport. Is this correct?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So we say that the end does not justify the means. This is a rule that is not Islamic at all. Therefore, obtaining this passport is the very essence of allegiance, the realization of allegiance to the disbelievers completely. Also, among the problems of residing in those lands, perhaps I learned this from our brother Raa'id or someone else, and perhaps this exists in those lands as well. Residents in those lands are given a salary if they do not have work. Does this exist in America?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It exists. Subhan Allah, our Lord says:
and never will Allah give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them].
ولن يجعل الله للكافرين على المؤمنين سبيلاThe upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is the one which expends, and the lower one is the one which asks.
اليد العليا خير من اليد السفلى, واليد العليا هي المعطية واليد السفلى هي الآخذة
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