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Scholars and preachers need to travel to polytheistic and non-Islamic nations in order to serve the Islamic communities in those countries and strengthen their identity, resolve fallacies and facilitate inter-faith activities.  Those societies are not free from religious and social issues and problems and need the presence of a learned guide.

In the last article we reviewed some of the opinions with regards to migration from respected scholars, classic and modern, such as Sheikh Al-Tusi, Alaama Al-Hilli, Syed Mohammed Saeed Al-Hakeem, Syed Abu al-Qasim Khoei amongst others. In this article, we specifically read the writings of Syed Ali Al_Sistani, may his life be lengthened and may he be protected. Syed Ali Al-Sistani A number of questions and answers are included, along with his detailed commentary on the issue of migration in his introduction to his book “A Code of Practice For Muslims in the West.  The English translation follows, with editing only to the extent of paragraph spacing and dividing the text in to sub headings. A Code of Practice For Muslims in the West - Syed Sistani Introduction A Muslim who is born and raised in a Muslim country where […]

“And then Allahﷻ says in the next Ayah (4:100) so that there is no one who can say “But I can not migrate because I was born and raised there, or that there is where my people and family and friends and work and house and garden and business and farm and wife and children are and the rest of my life. So, my life is settled there.”

So far in the previous three articles, we introduced the topic of migration and defined the terms "Migration" and "Taa'rub." To view the contents please visit the migration page. In this article, a Quranic view point is explored. The Holy Qur’an Based on the discussion above, a Muslim that prevents themselves from gaining awareness of religious duties and obligations, distancing themselves from Islamic societies and civilisations, where one can gain awareness and understand jurisprudential obligations, in reality, are “mutaarib” - or a Bedouin within the context portrayed in the Holy Qur’an.  That vilification which is found in the Holy Quran targets such people even though they live within towns and cities (and not in deserts)[1]. Was not God's earth wide enough? It is noted in history that a group of people from the Muslim community, that apparently would say there […]