Is it permissible for Muslims who are oppressed in their lands and have left them to seek refuge in the lands of disbelief out of necessity?

The questioner : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and blessings and peace.

The Shaykh : I am not hearing you.

The questioner: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

The Shaykh : This speech... I am not hearing you.

The questioner : Yes, praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah.

The Shaykh : There is a problem here, is there a problem here? So raise your voice.

The questioner : Praise be to Allah who has gathered us with the speaker of the era, the imam of the people of the Sunnah and the community, and the renewer of the religious affairs of this Ummah,The Shaykh : Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani (may Allah preserve him) and prolong his life. My question, O Shaykh, regarding the Libyan brothers: they heard, meaning, the fatwa years ago, the fatwa on emigrating from Libya, and they left, but they were harmed in all lands, meaning, the lands of the Muslims. And my question is, meaning, can they go to the lands of the disbelievers from one aspect?

The Shaykh : And you asked me this question and I answered it for you.

The questioner : Shaykh, the brothers who are in Saudi Arabia, and in Yemen, and in Sudan, and so on, want, meaning, the fatwa is heard, and a question for the brothers: Is it permissible for them to go to a land of the disbelievers in order to seek political asylum or to change their citizenship, meaning, knowing that they were harmed and imprisoned and handed over to their countries, handed over to Libya in the past, O Shaykh, may Allah bless you?

The Shaykh : I understood some of it and did not understand some of it.

The questioner : It says: Is it permissible for Muslims who are oppressed in their lands and have left them to seek refuge in the lands of disbelief out of necessity?

The Shaykh : I answered this, but there is a remainder in his speech that I did not understand.

The questioner : He wants it recorded regarding changing citizenship.

The Shaykh : He wants it recorded.

The questioner : From the aspect of changing citizenship, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Going to the lands of the disbelievers and changing citizenship, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : How is there something?
The student : And changing citizenship.

The Shaykh : You...
The student: Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, and upon you be peace.

The questioner : There is a problem here, there is a problem.

The Shaykh : Problem... May you be well with all good.

The questioner : May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh : And when will you take the tape later?

The questioner : If Allah wills.

The Shaykh : When will you take the tape?

The questioner : No one knows...

Another questioner : Here, here, take it easy.

The questioner : ... our Shaykh.

The Shaykh : I say that praise be to Allah; we praise Him, seek His help, and seek His forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls and the badness of our deeds. He whom Allah guides has no one to misguide, and he whom He misguides has no one to guide. And I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. As for what follows, we have often spoken and repeated the speech regarding what many Muslims today are afflicted with, namely traveling to the lands of disbelief, open sinfulness, and lewdness, whether to Europe, and that this is not permissible due to many and very many proofs. I have no need now to repeat the speech and mention these proofs, for there are many tapes. Rather, based on this established in the Shari'ah, upon which those proofs are built, we say: It is not permissible for one who is compelled to leave his Muslim land to emigrate to a disbeliever's land except within certain, defined, and precise limits and conditions. So I say: