The Meanings of Hijrah in Language and in the Shari'ah

Question:
We ask Your Eminence to clarify the meaning of the word (muhajir), because most people use it for anyone who leaves their country for any reason, not specifically for the sake of hijrah in the path of Allah?

Answer:
Hijrah is moving from one country to another. When a person moves from one country to another, it is said that he migrated to such-and-such a country if he moved there to reside in it. However, the Shari'ah hijrah is moving from a land of shirk (associating partners with Allah) to a land of Islam. This is what is called Shari'ah hijrah. As for hijrah in terms of language, it is broader. One should distinguish between the two. The one who performs Shari'ah hijrah is the one who moves from a land of shirk, or from a land where religious innovations and sins have become prevalent, to a sound land. He is called a muhajir. Just as the Muhajirun from Quraysh and others who moved to Madinah were given that name because they left the land of shirk and moved to the Islamic lands.
As for the linguistic aspect, the language is broader in calling a person a muhajir who moves from one country to another, or from one region to another, or from one state to another, meaning that he abandoned the first and settled in the second; that is, he left the first and settled in the second.

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