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Migrating from the land of kufr to a Muslim country is obligatory upon every Muslim who is able to do it; whoever does not migrate when he is able to is wronging himself and is subject to Allaah’s warning of a severe torment. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Verily, as for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves (as they stayed among the disbelievers even though emigration was obligatory for them), they (angels) say (to them): “In what (condition) were you?” They reply: “We were weak and oppressed on the earth.” They (angels) say: “Was not the earth of Allaah spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?” Such men will find their abode in Hell — what an evil destination!”
[al-Nisa’ 4:97]
In Sunan Abi Dawood (2274) and elsewhere, it is narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “I have nothing to do with any Muslim who settles among the mushrikeen.” (A saheeh hadeeth, al-Irwaa’, 5/30).
Ibn Rushd said: It is obligatory, according to the Qur’aan, Sunnah and scholarly consensus, for anyone who becomes Muslim in a kaafir country to migrate from there and settle in a Muslim land, and not to live among the mushrikeen or settle among them. That applies if he is not able to practise his religion openly or he is forced to follow the rulings of kufr.” (al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah, 4/264)
It says in Mughni al-Muhtaaj (6/54): “If he is not able to practise his religion openly or he fears some tribulation (fitnah), then it is obligatory for him to migrate, whether (the Muslim) is a man or a woman, even if she has no mahram.”
You have a mahram who could take you to a Muslim country, but it is not right for you to come unless you can find a safe place in which to live, such as a community in which Muslim sisters live, or an Islamic center where there is someone who could protect you and take care of you and watch over your religious and worldly affairs so that you will not be exposed to fitnah and loss. If you cannot make any such arrangements, then you are excused, until you can find a safe place, because Allaah has restricted the obligation of migrating (hijrah) to those who are able to do it, and the lack of a place where you will be safe from corruption or loss is included under the heading of not being able. So you are excused for that reason until such a place become available. When such a place become available, then come with your mahram, after which it will be o.k. if you stay without a mahram in that safe place. And Allaah knows best.
With regard to advice, we advise you to adhere to your religion and practise it both outwardly and inwardly as much as you can. Strive to learn the rulings of your religion from sound sources that are based on shar’i evidence. Also strive, so long as you are living in a kaafir country, to convey the call of Islam as much as you can to others, especially non-Muslim women and Muslim women who are negligent about their religion, using the means prescribed in sharee’ah. Note that one of the best means of da’wah is to be a good example yourself, and adhere to the rulings of Islam, and to its noble morals.
We ask Allaah to help you to do good… Ameen.
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/22475/hijra