WHEN DOES HIJRAH BECOME OBLIGATORY? pdf

When Does Hijrah Become Obligatory: The Reality of Displaying The Deen

WHEN DOES HIJRAH BECOME OBLIGATORY?

Many people believe that what is meant by “openly displaying one’s religion” (amongst the disbelievers) is simply that one prays, fasts and reads the Qur’an in the Lands of Disbelief or the lands that are at war with the Muslims, and nobody opposes you or harms you.

 So, if you do this, then you have fully and openly displayed your religion amongst them (and fulfilled your responsibilities). And this is a terrible mistake, and a profound miscalculation that must be cl eared, since Allah – Majestic is H is remembrance – says:

Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibrahim and those with him, when they said to their people: ‘Verily, we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allah, we have rejected you, and there has emerged between us and you, hostility and hatred for ever, until you believe in AIIah A lone,’ except the saying….