Is it permissible for one who is compelled to travel to a disbeliever's country to acquire their nationality?
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The Shaykh : And my answer ended because a question came at the end of your inquiry, which my companion wanted to force me to answer, losing me the answer to his own question. It was: Is it permissible for him to acquire the nationality of that country? I say here, and I am ignorant of the residency system there, so I assume two cases based on the logical and religious sequence I mentioned earlier. We concluded that this man is compelled to settle in a disbeliever's country. Based on this result, we say: if he can remain in that country without acquiring the disbeliever's nationality, it is forbidden for him to acquire the disbeliever's nationality. But if it is not possible for him to reside in any country except by requesting the nationality—and this is what I do not imagine would happen—then we say: there is no power and no strength except in Allah, and the last of the cures is cauterization. I hope I have answered your question? So take it recorded.
The student : Our Shaykh, if Allah wills, before Friday I will give it to you.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, if Allah wills.
The questioner : As for us, as for our country, the ruler now demands the nationality, meaning the passport. This is in my hand, and I have acquired it. I cannot feel safe in my country now, brothers. They fled to the safest countries, and the countries that most support Islam. Yet because they carry this nationality, they did not feel safe; rather, they were handed over to another country, and that country returned them to Libya. So now, O Shaykh, is it permissible for me to go to a disbeliever's country, stay for two years through marriage or political asylum, take the nationality there, and then return and leave, because I do not feel safe with this nationality of mine?
The Shaykh : My brother, the answer is in the previous answer. Your answer is in the previous answer.
The student : The recorded one.
The Shaykh : In brief, we said that necessities permit the prohibited, and necessity is measured by its extent. If you have no means except this, and the last word we said was: the last of the cures is cauterization.
The student : Our Shaykh, if Allah wills, before Friday I will give it to you.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, if Allah wills.
The questioner : As for us, as for our country, the ruler now demands the nationality, meaning the passport. This is in my hand, and I have acquired it. I cannot feel safe in my country now, brothers. They fled to the safest countries, and the countries that most support Islam. Yet because they carry this nationality, they did not feel safe; rather, they were handed over to another country, and that country returned them to Libya. So now, O Shaykh, is it permissible for me to go to a disbeliever's country, stay for two years through marriage or political asylum, take the nationality there, and then return and leave, because I do not feel safe with this nationality of mine?
The Shaykh : My brother, the answer is in the previous answer. Your answer is in the previous answer.
The student : The recorded one.
The Shaykh : In brief, we said that necessities permit the prohibited, and necessity is measured by its extent. If you have no means except this, and the last word we said was: the last of the cures is cauterization.
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