Al-Imaam Al-Albaanee on why people don't make Hijrah in this time period

Al-Imaam Al-Albaanee on why people don't make Hijrah in this time period


Al-Imaam Al-Albaanee l mentioned in his book 'As-Saheehah' in the explanation of hadeeth (2857), the wording of the hadeeth is:

"Verily you all, if you bear witness that there is no deity that has the right to be worshipped except Allaah, and you perform the Salaah, and you give the Zakaah, and you separate yourselves from the Polytheists, and you give the fifth of the war booty and the share for the Prophet c and the Safee," and at times he said, "Safeyahu (that which he c selects from the war booty before it is distributed), then you are safe with the protection of Allaah and the protection of His Messenger."

Al-Imaam Al-Albaanee said ruling on this hadeeth: "This chain is Saheeh on the conditions of the two Sheikhs (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim) and the (name) of the Sahaabee not being known does not harm it as has been determined." Al-Imaam Al-Waadi'ee l also ruled it to be Saheeh in 'As-Saheeh Al-Musnad' (1458) and he brought a beneficial note on the name of the Sahaabee. He said: "This is a Saheeh hadeeth and has been transmitted by Abu Dawud and An-Nasaa'ee, and the Sahaabee who was not named he is An-Namir ibn Tawlab as is mentioned in 'Tuhfah Al-Ashraaf'."

Al-Imaam Al-Albaanee derived from this hadeeth the ruling that it is upon those who embrace Islaam in the lands of disbelief to make Hijrah to the lands of Islaam. Then he said in his explanation:

"And verily from that which is to be extremely saddened about is that those who embrace Islaam in this present time period despite their large number, and all praise is due to Allaah, they don't conform with this ruling of separating themselves and migrating to the lands of Islaam except for a small portion of them, and I trace the reason for that back to two matters:

The first is their greed for the dunyaa and the easy means of living and luxury in their lands pursuant to them living a materialistic life of joy that has no spirituality in it as is well known. So it is usually difficult for them to move to an Islamic land in which the means of a decent life may not be sufficient for them in their viewpoint.

The second, and it is more significant, is their ignorance of this ruling, and they in that are excused because they have not heard about it from any of the callers whom their words are publicized translated into some of the foreign languages nor from those who go to them in the name of da'wah because most of them are not Faqeehs, and in particular Jamaa'ah At-Tableegh, rather they cling more to their lands when they see many of the Muslims have reversed the ruling by leaving their lands going to the lands of disbelief. So from where are those people whom Allaah guided to Islaam going to know the likes of this ruling while the Muslims themselves are acting contrary to it?

Indeed, let these people and these people know that Hijrah continues to exist just like Jihaad, for he c has said:

"Hijrah does not cease as long as the enemy is fought."


And in another hadeeth:

"Hijrah does not cease until Tawbah (repentance) ceases and Tawbah does not cease until the sun rises from the west."

Its Takhreej (attributing the hadeeth to its sources) has been mentioned in 'Al-Irwaa' (1208).

Also, from that which should be known is that Hijrah is different types and is for numerous reasons, and for its explanation there is a another place (to deal with it). What is important here is that Hijrah from the lands of disbelief to the lands of Islaam, no matter how much the rulers in it have deviated from Islaam or have been negligent in implementing its rulings, it in any case is better, even with what it is described with, than the lands of disbelief, character wise and deen wise and behavior wise…"





















Translated by Abdullah MacPhee

In Daarul-Hadeeth, Dammaaj










It is reported from al-Junaid that he said:

To Allaah belong servants who understand, and when they understand they act and when they act they make (their action) sincere. Their recalling of Ikhlaas at the time of doing righteousness is what accumulates the greatest (good for them).