{"id":6877,"date":"2024-07-10T07:44:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/settling-in-a-non-muslim-state\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:49:08","slug":"settling-in-a-non-muslim-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/settling-in-a-non-muslim-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Settling In A Non-Muslim State"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>I want to find out that can a  Muslim live in a non-Muslim country (for example UK? A scholar holds  that one\u2019s prayer will not be accepted if one says in a non-Muslim  country. He says that one can stay in non-Muslim country only for  preaching Islam.   Please advise me according to Mr Ghamidi\u2019s research.<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>Some  scholars hold the view you have mentioned in the question. They usually  base their view on the following verse of the Holy Qur&#8217;an: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"q_ar\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e  \u0627\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0630\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u062a\u064e\u0648\u064e\u0641\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0647\u064f\u0645\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0644\u0622\u0626\u0650\u0643\u064e\u0629\u064f \u0638\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0650\u0645\u0650\u064a \u0623\u064e\u0646\u0652\u0641\u064f\u0633\u0650\u0647\u0650\u0645\u0652  \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0627\u0652  \u0641\u0650\u064a\u0645\u064e \u0643\u064f\u0646\u062a\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0627\u0652 \u0643\u064f\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627 \u0645\u064f\u0633\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0636\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0641\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u0641\u0650\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0636\u0650  \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0648\u064e\u0627\u0652  \u0623\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0645\u0652 \u062a\u064e\u0643\u064f\u0646\u0652 \u0623\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0636\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u0647\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0633\u0650\u0639\u064e\u0629\u064b \u0641\u064e\u062a\u064f\u0647\u064e\u0627\u062c\u0650\u0631\u064f\u0648\u0627\u0652 \u0641\u0650\u064a\u0647\u064e\u0627   \u0641\u064e\u0623\u064f\u0648\u0652\u0644\u064e\u0640\u0626\u0650\u0643\u064e \u0645\u064e\u0623\u0652\u0648\u064e\u0627\u0647\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u062c\u064e\u0647\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064f \u0648\u064e\u0633\u064e\u0627\u0621\u062a\u0652 \u0645\u064e\u0635\u0650\u064a\u0631\u064b\u0627<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Surely  (as for) those whom the angels cause to die while they have been unjust  to their souls, they shall say: In what state were you? They shall say:  We were weak in the earth. They shall say: Was not Allah&#8217;s earth  spacious, so that you should have migrated therein? So these it is whose  abode is hell, and it is an evil resort. (4:97)<\/p>\n<div>In order to appreciate the meaning of the verse we need to determine the addressees. Consider their response:<\/div>\n<div><em>Kunnah mustazhafeena<\/em>  (we were weak and helpless). This shows the group was a weak party in  the state. They could not act upon their religion openly. They were not  able to discharge basic religious obligation in that society. They could  migrate from the place and settle in Madinah where Muslims state had  been established but they did not. They merited sin by choosing to live  where they were not allowed to practice religion and not trying enough  to abandon that situation.<\/div>\n<div>Therefore,  we understand that this severe retribution can only be extended those  who act similarly these days. If the state one has settled in does not  allow him to keep his faith known and discharge the religious  obligations then he must leave that state for the Muslim community  unless he has no means to do so. Merely living in a non Muslim state  under any reasonable excuse cannot be connected with the situation  depicted in the verse.<\/div>\n<p>We  understand that Islam has not held it forbidden the believers from  settling in any non-Muslims state unless it does not allow him fulfill  his obligations towards God. In this case he must try to settle in a  country where he can freely act upon the divine directives. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-03-05<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6877\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to find out that can a  Muslim live in a non-Muslim country (for example UK? A scholar holds  that one\u2019s prayer will not be accepted if one says in a non-Muslim  country. He says that one can stay in non-Muslim country only for  preaching Islam.   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