The obligation of making Hijra to Muslim countries
February 14th 2022
Question ID : 620a867e01f4ab24a026ac9c
Question
Here in India (Kerela) there is a group of Salafees who were always encouraging the people to do Hijar to Yemen despite there being a lot of legal restrictions like the Indian government has banned travelling to Yemen and people who still travelled to Yemen are under police investigation and have been accused of terrorism.One of our brothers recently did Hijra to Yemen with his wife and two daughters. But his elder son refused and did not go with him. After the brother left , his mother and other relatives were crying and the whole family became sad some of them were scolding the brother. It has affected the Salafi Dawah badly . Is this action right or wrong ? And what is the ruling on making Hijra from a non Muslim country to a Muslim country, is it Wajib or Mustahab ?
Text Answer
وعليكم سلام ورحمة الله وبركاته With regards to doing Hijra to Muslim countries , it is obligatory in Islam but only for those who are able to do so as it is like the rest of the obligations in Islam which are obligatory only upon those who have the ability. I advise the brothers with what Shayk Muqbil رحمه الله used to advise with regards to making Hijra. It is that whoever wants to do Hijra should not do so directly. Rather he should first stay in those Islamic countries and see whether he can stay there permanently thereby making it as a Hijra . As for Yemen , there is goodness and Salafi Dawah is going good here. But it is currently a country in which there is war going on in its North , and therefore it is necessary to think more , look and search from all angles before one makes the decision of doing Hijra , and whoever wants to enter it should settle in its South. However he must enter the country in a legal way and should obtain a valid residence and so on so as not to go against the ruler on one hand and to be safe on the other hand since the situation there is changing rapidly . Likewise , I advise him to choose for himself a good place where there are Salafis and the teacher should be a useful brother far from Fitan busying himself in spreading knowledge and benefitting the people around him.
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