WHY WESTERN MUSLIMS SHOULD MAKE HIJRAH 8:01

ALLAH IS ONE

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ALLAH IS ONE

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00:00A Muslim living in a non-Muslim country has a choice between staying and migrating to

00:19a Muslim country.

00:21If you have such a luxury and you are able to choose, definitely going to a Muslim country

00:32would be a plus and a better choice.

00:40People would argue and say, but Shaykh, if we live in the West, in a Kafir country, we

00:46have social security, we have good roads, we have discipline, we have policies and procedures

00:54that are practiced and not simply put there for PR reasons.

01:01We have justice and fairness and all are equal under the eye of the law.

01:10We have better education, better health care, better freedom of expression and the ability

01:19to be treated as human beings, which in so many Islamic countries, Muslims lack.

01:27We would argue against this by saying that even if all of this is true, though I beg

01:35to differ, even if it's all true, this does not constitute a small percentage of the benefits

01:48of being a Muslim in the lands of Islam.

01:53Nothing beats being a Muslim, walking on the streets and hearing the Adhan and seeing people

02:01saying As-Salaamu Alaikum and you reply Wa Alaikum As-Salaam.

02:05In knowing that the meat I'm eating is Halal, I don't have to doubt it, so all restaurants

02:11are Halal for me to eat.

02:14In feeling that those around me share the same Aqeedah, they worship one Lord, who is

02:22Allah the Almighty, they follow the Sunnah of the Prophet Alaihi As-Salaatu Wa As-Salaam.

02:27You feel the tranquility, the peace where you live.

02:35Allah says in Surah Nisa chapter number 4, verse number 97, when the angels of death

02:41come to take the soul of the person who has died in sin against his soul and asks him,

02:51what is your state?

02:53And he replies that we have lived in oppression on this earth, our state was very bad, oppressed.

03:08Then the angel replies that the earth of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is spacious enough for

03:15you to migrate from the evil.

03:19And for such people, Allah continues, their abode is hell, a refuge of evil.

03:26And this verse was revealed in context to Muslims living in non-Muslim countries.

03:31The world of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is so big that if you are living in a space where

03:35there is oppression, where there is shirk, where there is activity which is un-Islamic,

03:40you have to migrate.

03:42And if you do not, Allah says your abode is hellfire, a refuge which is evil.

03:50The next verse says in Surah Nisa chapter 4, verse number 98, as to those who are in

03:59oppression and men and women and children who don't have the power or do not have the

04:07facility to migrate, verse number 99 says Allah will forgive them.

04:14Verse number 100 says that as to those who sacrifice their home and leave their land,

04:24Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala gives them many a refuge in the world.

04:29And if the person dies as a refugee away from his home, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will

04:36reward him.

04:37Here Allah is talking about those who do hijrah for the sake of Allah and His Rasul, those

04:43who leave their home for the sake of Allah and His Rasul and take refuge.

04:51The land is very big, he'll find many refuge.

04:55And if he dies away from his home as a refugee for the sake of Allah and His Rasul, Allah

04:59will slowly reward him.

05:00So from this verse, all the scholars, they agree that if a person is living in a non-Muslim

05:10land, there can be three options.

05:13Number one option is that he cannot practice his deen freely.

05:19Practicing deen hidingly is not acceptable.

05:21If you cannot practice your deen freely and you cannot call yourself freely Muslims, then

05:26it becomes compulsory for you to migrate, compulsory.

05:32To migrate from a Muslim country to a non-Muslim country, it is haram unless it be for education

05:38or for the purpose of dawah.

05:40For education purpose you go, you acquire education, come back, no problem.

05:44Or if you go there not as a part-time da'i, as a full-time da'i to deliver the message,

05:49then the scholars say it's permissible.

05:51But if you just shift from Muslim land to a non-Muslim land for a better living as the

05:56questioner posed, it is not permitted at all.

06:00If you weigh the pros and cons, nothing beats being in a Muslim country.

06:06Even if you are in the Scandinavian countries or in highly modern civilized countries, as

06:15a Muslim, this is not your place.

06:18You do not fit.

06:21And this is not racist by the way.

06:23This is something that is related to our conviction and belief.

06:28So living in such kafir countries has its merits, no argument in that.

06:36But at the same time, it comes with a very high cost, a very high price, which real Muslims

06:45would not be willing to pay.

06:48They would not jeopardize their children's Islam and safety just for a passport.

06:58While they can stay in their Muslim countries, yes, maybe a bit poor, not that highly educated,

07:07the infrastructure is awful, so much corruption in the government, so much insecurity in the

07:14terms of justice, etc.

07:16But still you are a Muslim living among the Muslims.

07:21There has been a constant and endless attack on Islam in the West.

07:25So why are so many Muslims aspiring to go there or choosing to stay when they are able

07:29to move to a Muslim country?

07:32It's not just the media targeting Muslims now, it's now even happening in the streets

07:36in broad daylight.

07:37We are seeing asset attacks, mosques being targeted, physical and verbal abuse.

07:43Are these countries safe for us to live and raise our children?

07:46Now more than ever, we need to seriously consider making hijra if we are able to do so.

07:52Which countries would you consider?

07:54Let us know in the comments.

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