The Ruling on Emigrating from Muslim Lands
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Question:
A man gave a speech in some places and read the hadithSahih Muslim 1864 Then he said: It is not permissible to emigrate from Muslim lands to another country on the pretext that the religion has weakened, and he said: There is no emigration after the conquest. What is the response to him?
Answer:
Emigration is of two types: an obligatory emigration, and an emigration regarding which there is scholarly disagreement: is it obligatory, or is it recommended?
So the obligatory emigration, when one is able to do it, is like emigrating from the lands of shirk (associating partners with Allah) to the lands of Islam, if one cannot manifest his religion and clarify what Allah has made obligatory upon him of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), sincerity to Him, and disavowal of shirk and its people, and manifesting what Allah has made obligatory of the religious symbols. This is obligatory, just as the Muslims emigrated from Makkah to al-Madinah due to the harassment and harm inflicted by the disbelievers.
And the second type of emigration is emigrating from Muslim lands when sins and religious innovations appear therein. Some scholars have held that it becomes obligatory if innovations, desires, and wrongs, such as zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), intoxicants, and the like, appear in any country. A group of scholars said that emigration is obligatory in such cases, while others said: It is not obligatory, but it is obligatory for the believer to forbid the wrong according to his ability, with his hand, then his tongue, then his heart, as the hadiths state, and emigration is not obligatory.
So whoever said it is obligatory said: Because the meaning of the major emigration is the safety of the religion. Likewise here, if he emigrates, then if he remains among the sinners, or the ignorant, and the people of innovation, he fears that he will be afflicted with what afflicted them of innovations and open sinning. So the opinion that he should emigrate from among the Muslims who openly commit sins is a strong opinion, so that his religion is safe from these innovations and these apparent sins.
And whoever said it is not obligatory said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 49a And he did not say: So let him emigrate. Therefore, emigration from [lands of] sins is not obligatory, but it is obligatory from the lands of shirk.
A man gave a speech in some places and read the hadith
There is no migration after the Conquest (of Mecca), but Jihad and sincere intention.
لا هجرة بعد الفتح، ولكن جهاد، ونيةAnswer:
Emigration is of two types: an obligatory emigration, and an emigration regarding which there is scholarly disagreement: is it obligatory, or is it recommended?
So the obligatory emigration, when one is able to do it, is like emigrating from the lands of shirk (associating partners with Allah) to the lands of Islam, if one cannot manifest his religion and clarify what Allah has made obligatory upon him of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), sincerity to Him, and disavowal of shirk and its people, and manifesting what Allah has made obligatory of the religious symbols. This is obligatory, just as the Muslims emigrated from Makkah to al-Madinah due to the harassment and harm inflicted by the disbelievers.
And the second type of emigration is emigrating from Muslim lands when sins and religious innovations appear therein. Some scholars have held that it becomes obligatory if innovations, desires, and wrongs, such as zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), intoxicants, and the like, appear in any country. A group of scholars said that emigration is obligatory in such cases, while others said: It is not obligatory, but it is obligatory for the believer to forbid the wrong according to his ability, with his hand, then his tongue, then his heart, as the hadiths state, and emigration is not obligatory.
So whoever said it is obligatory said: Because the meaning of the major emigration is the safety of the religion. Likewise here, if he emigrates, then if he remains among the sinners, or the ignorant, and the people of innovation, he fears that he will be afflicted with what afflicted them of innovations and open sinning. So the opinion that he should emigrate from among the Muslims who openly commit sins is a strong opinion, so that his religion is safe from these innovations and these apparent sins.
And whoever said it is not obligatory said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He who amongst you sees something abominable should modify it with the help of his hand
من رأى منكم منكرًا؛ فليغيره بيده
Source
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