The Shaykh’s remarks on boycotting the countries of disbelief and residing in Muslim lands.
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The questioner : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh : These are Islamic lands, even if the ones ruling in them do not rule by Islam. No, rather, some do and some do not, meaning...
The questioner : That is enough, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : An Islamic land—do we imagine an Islamic ruling in a non-Islamic land? We do not imagine it, but the reverse is possible, and that is the reality. So these are Islamic lands, whatever the case may be. Then we return to the principle: some evil is less than some evil.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Many of those who call me on the phone and tell me, "I am speaking from such-and-such," and I say to them, "May Allah grant you relief." I never miss an opportunity, because I know that most people are heedless and unaware, meaning they live in those lands and do not feel that they are disobeying Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So some of them have heard the news, and some are surprised. So I give a lecture and say to him, "And peace be upon you," after I have given him this long advice. What does he come back and say? "By Allah, we want our freedom here more than in our Islamic lands."
The questioner : That is their constant doubt.
The Shaykh : I know this. I say to him, "My brother, this is a summer cloud. Where are you getting your freedom from now? Do you have a mosque where you can perform the five daily prayers and where the Shari'ah adhan is called? The first answer is 'no.' So where is the religious freedom? So religious freedom is in the aspects that do not conflict with the policy of the country in which you reside. Now, if you live in an Islamic country with the same policy you are living under in that country, you will undoubtedly not be troubled, and you will have what? More religious freedom. And I give them a second example: My brother, if you live in your Islamic country, you cooperate with your brother to establish, first, the Islamic atmosphere and Islamic life. Undoubtedly, in the future, as I titled the first volume of *Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah* "The Future for Islam," the future for Islam will not be in the land of the disbelievers, because that requires centuries for these groups living in Britain or Germany or France to unite and become strong. They need centuries to be able to do so, and barely so, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who was supported by revelation from the sky, is the one who was able to turn the society of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance into a Muslim society. As for us Muslims, entering the heart of France and establishing ourselves there for twenty, thirty, forty, or fifty years—can we establish an Islamic state there? These are all wasted efforts. Whereas if the Muslims remain in their lands, deeds are judged by their endings, so the end will be in their favor. Therefore, these efforts that are scattered and distributed in this disbeliever's country and that disbeliever's country must be combined in an Islamic country or Islamic lands.
The questioner : By Allah, we understand life in Islamic regions, like, for example, before you think about Yugoslavia and such, in the Muslim regions... in...
The Shaykh : Yes, come on.
The questioner : ...but in the Muslim regions, there is a known Islamic Jumu'ah, and it is known that more than ninety percent of the population there are Muslims, like Bosnia, for example.
The Shaykh : Perhaps I missed the beginning of the speech.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I understood it as if it were the subject.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Or the predicate, and I missed the subject.
The questioner : Is it permissible for a person to live, for example, in a large country like Yugoslavia, which has Muslim regions like Bosnia, where the prayers are performed and so on, but within the general rule, it has no independence? Of course, it is the same ruling, right?
The Shaykh : Has the land in which he is become narrow for him?
The questioner : No, of course not.
The Shaykh : My brother, the closest are the most deserving of kindness. This is a principle: the place where you can reform and benefit the most is the one that takes priority. Yes.
The questioner : Through his words, your words, my Shaykh, in that session, we understood that the resident who is prohibited from that—does he go there, for example, for one or two years for study?
The Shaykh : Come on, my master, the prayer, in the name of Allah.
The student : We will have lunch, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : As long as it is to show our civilized culture, heh heh.
The questioner : A conference is to be held in Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh : Where is the prayer?
The questioner : There.
The Shaykh : Here, come on.
The questioner : There is a conference to be held in Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : There is a conference to be held in Saudi Arabia in the city of Buraydah, originally, originally.
The Shaykh : Where is the prayer?
The questioner : There, there.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : About the Muslim doctor, they want to send you an invitation. They spoke to me yesterday... yesterday, right?
The Shaykh : No, I am not inclined to.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : These are Islamic lands, even if the ones ruling in them do not rule by Islam. No, rather, some do and some do not, meaning...
The questioner : That is enough, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh : An Islamic land—do we imagine an Islamic ruling in a non-Islamic land? We do not imagine it, but the reverse is possible, and that is the reality. So these are Islamic lands, whatever the case may be. Then we return to the principle: some evil is less than some evil.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Many of those who call me on the phone and tell me, "I am speaking from such-and-such," and I say to them, "May Allah grant you relief." I never miss an opportunity, because I know that most people are heedless and unaware, meaning they live in those lands and do not feel that they are disobeying Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So some of them have heard the news, and some are surprised. So I give a lecture and say to him, "And peace be upon you," after I have given him this long advice. What does he come back and say? "By Allah, we want our freedom here more than in our Islamic lands."
The questioner : That is their constant doubt.
The Shaykh : I know this. I say to him, "My brother, this is a summer cloud. Where are you getting your freedom from now? Do you have a mosque where you can perform the five daily prayers and where the Shari'ah adhan is called? The first answer is 'no.' So where is the religious freedom? So religious freedom is in the aspects that do not conflict with the policy of the country in which you reside. Now, if you live in an Islamic country with the same policy you are living under in that country, you will undoubtedly not be troubled, and you will have what? More religious freedom. And I give them a second example: My brother, if you live in your Islamic country, you cooperate with your brother to establish, first, the Islamic atmosphere and Islamic life. Undoubtedly, in the future, as I titled the first volume of *Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah* "The Future for Islam," the future for Islam will not be in the land of the disbelievers, because that requires centuries for these groups living in Britain or Germany or France to unite and become strong. They need centuries to be able to do so, and barely so, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who was supported by revelation from the sky, is the one who was able to turn the society of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance into a Muslim society. As for us Muslims, entering the heart of France and establishing ourselves there for twenty, thirty, forty, or fifty years—can we establish an Islamic state there? These are all wasted efforts. Whereas if the Muslims remain in their lands, deeds are judged by their endings, so the end will be in their favor. Therefore, these efforts that are scattered and distributed in this disbeliever's country and that disbeliever's country must be combined in an Islamic country or Islamic lands.
The questioner : By Allah, we understand life in Islamic regions, like, for example, before you think about Yugoslavia and such, in the Muslim regions... in...
The Shaykh : Yes, come on.
The questioner : ...but in the Muslim regions, there is a known Islamic Jumu'ah, and it is known that more than ninety percent of the population there are Muslims, like Bosnia, for example.
The Shaykh : Perhaps I missed the beginning of the speech.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I understood it as if it were the subject.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Or the predicate, and I missed the subject.
The questioner : Is it permissible for a person to live, for example, in a large country like Yugoslavia, which has Muslim regions like Bosnia, where the prayers are performed and so on, but within the general rule, it has no independence? Of course, it is the same ruling, right?
The Shaykh : Has the land in which he is become narrow for him?
The questioner : No, of course not.
The Shaykh : My brother, the closest are the most deserving of kindness. This is a principle: the place where you can reform and benefit the most is the one that takes priority. Yes.
The questioner : Through his words, your words, my Shaykh, in that session, we understood that the resident who is prohibited from that—does he go there, for example, for one or two years for study?
The Shaykh : Come on, my master, the prayer, in the name of Allah.
The student : We will have lunch, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : As long as it is to show our civilized culture, heh heh.
The questioner : A conference is to be held in Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh : Where is the prayer?
The questioner : There.
The Shaykh : Here, come on.
The questioner : There is a conference to be held in Saudi Arabia.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : There is a conference to be held in Saudi Arabia in the city of Buraydah, originally, originally.
The Shaykh : Where is the prayer?
The questioner : There, there.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : About the Muslim doctor, they want to send you an invitation. They spoke to me yesterday... yesterday, right?
The Shaykh : No, I am not inclined to.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
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