Bismillah!
Al Hamdulillah!
Allahumma Salli A’ala Muhammad, Allahumma Barik A’ala Muhammad.
Do you remember we have reversed these questions:"Where is Allah's Shariah"?"Is there a land which is ruled by Allah's Shariah?"
We are not looking for a country where Allah’s Shariah is followed. Rather we will look for a land where we don’t have to submit to the ‘Kuffar’s Shariah’. In a land where ‘Kuffar’s Shariah’ won’t be forced on us.
We took this approach because of the following two reasons:
(A) That they say or what they mean is, that there’s nowhere Allah’s Shairah is followed today.
(B) And also because we must find the best place to move from ‘Dar-ul Kufr to Dar-ul Islam’.
And here is how our journey begins.
We will still search for a land where Allah’s Shariah is fully implemented if it is there.
In case, such a land remains out of our knowledge, we will then, look for a land where we won’t be forced to submit to the Kuffar’s Shariah. And we believe it is there as Allah, Al-Haqq said,
Al-‘Ankabut 29:56
يَٰعِبَادِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ أَرْضِى وَٰسِعَةٌ فَإِيَّٰىَ فَٱعْبُدُونِ
“O My believing servants! Surely, my earth is spacious, so worship Me ˹alone˺/ worship only Me.“
And in case, we are not able to find such a land either, then, there will be two paths remain in front of us:
Either we will choose a land where Muslims are mostly populated and Allah’s Shariah is mostly implemented.
Or
We will choose a land that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam encouraged us to be around at the end of the time or at the time of Fitnah. So, we can choose such a land irrespective of its situation. But again, being able to ESTABLISH Deen and security should remain the criteria.
However, In the end, one can compare and weigh the pros and cons of our findings with those blessed lands that Rasulullah encouraged.
Therefore, we will scrutinize all the Muslim-populated countries and narrow it down to a few, as a first step, through a process of elimination. And here are the criteria for the elimination process that we will follow:
(1)
First of all,
We will discard those countries which are ruled by the Kuffar.
The point is that no land which is ruled by those who do not believe Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam as a last messenger will allow Muslims to live by Allah’s Shariah.
Therefore, we eliminate those lands from our quest even though there are a few such countries where Muslims are the majority.
Then, we will look into the countries which are ruled by those who believe in Allah and His Rasul. Among those we will reject the countries using the following elimination process:
(2)
We will reject the country which is ruled by the ‘Kuffar’s Shariah’ of democracy even though it is ruled by those who believe in Allah and His Rasul.
(3)
The country which follows and implements ‘Kuffar’s Shariah’ in any specific issues, even if it is not ruled by democracy.
(4)
The country where Muslims cannot practice Allah’s Deen (Al-Wala Al-Barra, Enjoin Good and Forbid Evil, as a few examples) and cannot work to establish Allah’s Deen even though it is ruled by those who believe in Allah and His Rasul.
(5)
The country which sides with the Kuffar against Muslims (provided we bring evidence) since Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam said, “They are one of them”.
(Fataawa (1/274) Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz, Rahimullah)
(6)
The country which allied with the Kuffar, since “They are one of them” except for protection (not by their claim but only with evidence)
(7)
The country which doesn’t give permission to stay permanently.
(Though these countries could be a temporary destination for Hijrah)
Final note:
We will always keep in mind that Hijrah has to be in a place where we will be able to practice our Deen entirely (in both practicing and establishing) and where we have protection, safety, and security.
May Allah grant us a land where we can live by Allah’s Shariah.
Ameen