‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab quoted allah’s Messenger as saying, “Indeed actions are according to their intentions and every person will have what he intended. So, whoever’s migration was for Allah and His Messenger, then his migration is for Allah and His Messenger. Whoever’s migration was for this world or a woman for marriage, his migration is for what he migrated.”
When I am once again ready to marry, I would very much like to marry a man from the Saudi peninsula (UAE, Qatar, Oman especially, etc.) because it is frankly the only way that I would be able to complete hijrah . . . I am on disability in the US, and the countries I would like to move to are quite strict that you must be employable in a needed position to move there. Plus, the US does not send disability payments to Middle Eastern countries.
Would my desire to marry into a family that lives in one of these countries so that I may live in an Islamic country count as migrating for the sake of Allah, or would it count as migrating for the sake of marriage? I do not doubt that if I really wanted to I could find someone to marry here in the US, but I do not want to stay here.
Do you want to move to an Islamic country in order to live around other Muslim's, to be able to practice your Deen freely, and to move somewhere where the people respect Allah and His Laws?
Or do you want to move to an Islamic country because you prefer the men from that country (i.e. their physical appearance, characteristics, etc.)?
Honestly answer this for yourself and you'll know the purpose of your migration! May Allah make it easy for you.
By all means, I seek to move to an Islamic country to live near other Muslims where Allah and His Messenger (pbuh) are respected. And masha'Allah, to hear the adan from my window would be beautiful. I have no preference for men from that country.
Jazak'Allah khair, sister, and I shall consider Morocco as well!
‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab quoted allah’s Messenger as saying, “Indeed actions are according to their intentions and every person will have what he intended. So, whoever’s migration was for Allah and His Messenger, then his migration is for Allah and His Messenger. Whoever’s migration was for this world or a woman for marriage, his migration is for what he migrated.”
Assalamualaikum, sister.
This hadith refer to specific case that happened in the period of hijrah which a man refused the order for hijrah from Makkah to Madinah. However, when this man heard the woman who he liked decided to hijrah, immediately he decided to hijrah too with purpose to chase this woman.
In your case, there's no order to do hijrah from US to a Muslim majority country. So if you want to hijrah to a Muslim majority country with hope that you will find a husband there, it's okay.
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