What is the ruling on emigrating from Muslim lands to lands of disbelief?
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The questioner : May the Shaykh be honored, is there evidence...
The Shaykh : ...from the guests? No guest, there is no harm. You are not one of the guests; you are one of the students. This is one of the students.
The questioner : A guest. I am a guest.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : May Allah reward you. What is the ruling on emigrating from a Muslim country to a Western or disbeliever state?
The Shaykh : Into what?
The questioner : To a disbeliever state.
The Shaykh : Yes, emigration, may Allah bless you, is moving from a land of shirk (associating partners with Allah) to a land of Islam, not from a land of Islam to a land of shirk. Unless a person is persecuted in a land of Islam and prevented from practicing the rituals of his religion, and in a land of disbelief he is able to practice the rituals of the religion and call to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). In that case, his moving is better than his staying, unless his moving causes harm to the other committed believers. Because if we said, "Leave this land where the committed are persecuted," and then they left one by one, the land would remain with the corrupters. In this case, we say: be patient, stay in your land, and help your brothers in rectifying matters in the best way.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Even in this case, I see that as long as his staying is beneficial to those present, meaning the other committed brothers, let him stay. And if Allah wills, Allah will ease his situation. Yasar.
The Shaykh : ...from the guests? No guest, there is no harm. You are not one of the guests; you are one of the students. This is one of the students.
The questioner : A guest. I am a guest.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : May Allah reward you. What is the ruling on emigrating from a Muslim country to a Western or disbeliever state?
The Shaykh : Into what?
The questioner : To a disbeliever state.
The Shaykh : Yes, emigration, may Allah bless you, is moving from a land of shirk (associating partners with Allah) to a land of Islam, not from a land of Islam to a land of shirk. Unless a person is persecuted in a land of Islam and prevented from practicing the rituals of his religion, and in a land of disbelief he is able to practice the rituals of the religion and call to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). In that case, his moving is better than his staying, unless his moving causes harm to the other committed believers. Because if we said, "Leave this land where the committed are persecuted," and then they left one by one, the land would remain with the corrupters. In this case, we say: be patient, stay in your land, and help your brothers in rectifying matters in the best way.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Even in this case, I see that as long as his staying is beneficial to those present, meaning the other committed brothers, let him stay. And if Allah wills, Allah will ease his situation. Yasar.