Question: I am a Muslim sister, all praise is due to Allaah and I have young kids and I don’t have any mahram – is it permissible for me to make Hijrah without any mahram?

Answer: The Shaykh said: “We should know that the child attains puberty with one of the following signs:

• Attaining 15 years of age
• Having pubic hair grow around the private areas
• Having some type of seminal discharge or having ikhtilaam, this may happen before the person reaches the age of 15 years - and they are still considered as mature.
• Menstrual Cycle (specific to females)

So if one of the (male) children has any of the above signs, they are considered mahram for their mother. The Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wassallam) said: ‘It is not lawful for a lady who believes in Allaah and the Last Day the journey the distance of a day and a night without a mahram.’ [1]
We also know that Allaah (subhaanahu wa ta’aalaa) has not made Hajj compulsory on the lady without a mahram. So if one of the children has not attained the age of puberty, it is not compulsory on her to perform the Hijrah.”

Answered by: Shaykh Abdullaah al-Ghudyaan

Title of Lecture: Question and Answer Session

Date of the Lecture: Saturday, April 2nd, 2005

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[1] Reported by Muslim in Kitaab al-Hajj (#1338)

Question: A sister asks about making Hijrah alone.

Answer: If her presence in that land is a fitnah (trial) for her and she is afraid for her Deen i.e. she is afraid from turning away from her Deen. Then if she is able to travel with some virtuous women who have their mahaarim with them then I pray that there is no problem in doing so. Allaah تعالى will make it easy for her according to her intention.

Answered by: Shaykh 'Abdur-Rahmaan Al-'Ajlaan حفظه الله

Title of Lecture: Questions and Answers Session

Date of the Lecture: December 14th, 2006

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Question: A sister's ex-husband does not pray and never prayed in their entire married life. She has two daughters with him and he forbids them to pray and instead teaches them bad manners like celebrating the birthdays. She is now re-married and would like to make hijrah but is not yet able to do so. What is best for her and her husband to do? Should she fight for her daughters until she has custody?

Answer: If this woman and her husband are able to practice their religion and show (manifest) the religion then maybe in their staying she will be able to free her two daughters from this bad man, in this case staying would be better for them. However, if the opposite is feared i.e. she fears fitnah for herself and her husband in staying, then it is better for them to make hijrah and Allaah تعالى will take care of her two daughters Inshaa Allaahu تعالى.

Answered by: Shaykh 'Abdur-Rahmaan Al-'Ajlaan حفظه الله

Title of Lecture: Questions and Answers Session

Date of the Lecture: December 14th, 2006

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Question: If a person encounters debt before Islaam, is it compulsory upon him to take care of the debt he owes before performing hijrah?

Answer: A debt that a person owes whether he incurred it when he was a Muslim or not a Muslim, we need to know regarding it, certain textual evidences in order to understand it. When we say that "Islaam removes what preceded it"[1] and when Allaah سبحانه و تعالى says:

قُل لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِن يَنتَهُواْ يُغَفَرْ لَهُم مَّا قَدْ سَلَفَ
{Say to those who have disbelieved, if they cease (from disbelief), their past will be forgiven...} [al-Anfaal 8:38]

This is in respect of the rights due to Allaah سبحانه و تعالى. As for the rights due to the creation, whether Muslim or not, this particular right (repaying the debt) remains binding on the individual.


Answered by: Abdullaah Abdur-Rahmaan Al-Ghudayyaan

Title of Lecture: The Four Principles by Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhaab

Date of the Lecture: June 17, 2006

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[1] Reported by Imaam Ahmad, Sheikh Al-Albaanee رحمه الله says Saheeh in Irwaa al-Ghaleel (#1280).

Question: A sister is married and has a two year old child. She does not have enough money to make hijrah (migration) to her original home. She is asking whether it is waajib for her to leave even though she does not have enough money or can she stay until she saves enough money to leave?

Answer: First of all this question can be answered in two parts: the hijrah and the woman living in a non-Muslim land.

First of all, hijrah is only obligatory upon people who cannot worship Allaah freely in the land in which they live. When we talk about hijrah today, we have to take into consideration that today’s world is different from the world at the time of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and that fataawa (legal verdicts) change from time to time and place to place. The Ulamaa’ say that if the person who is living in a non-Muslim land can worship Allaah freely then hijrah is not obligatory upon him. But, if he cannot worship Allaah freely they say it is then obligatory upon him.

In this case of those upon whom hijrah is obligatory, they say that this person is in one of two categories – he is either capable or incapable (of making hijrah). If he is capable then he has to make the hijrah; and if he is incapable then he is like Ibn Abbaas, when he and his mother stayed in Makkah. About this Allaah تعالى said:


They said that they were too weak to migrate, meaning that they we were unable to, whether financially or for other reasons; so these people are not included in those to whom the punishment refers.

As for those who are able to migrate, we need to take into consideration the situation of the world today. It is not like the past when you could have moved to any land and stayed there. Today, there are laws, borders and visas. You cannot just go to any place and stay (and live) there as it is not like before. That is why it is not obligatory today as it was before; although it is recommended that one who has the ability to live in a Muslim land should do so. This will not be considered hijrah because he will have to carry the passport of the country from which he came. He would have to go back to that country, so it is not a full hijrah because we know that one who (actually) performs hijrah cannot go back to where he used to live or to where he emigrated from, unless for a small matter and to return quickly. So today, it is very difficult to make hijrah. Besides which, if all the Muslims make hijrah from the lands of kufr (disbelief), when would Islaam be spread in the lands of kufr? Allaah تعالى said:


Allaah تعالى is guiding us so that we do not leave our land, but that we go to the land of eemaan (belief), the land of ‘Ilm (knowledge) and seek the ‘Ilm and then return to our land and teach and spread it.

Look at us today, we have an existing example: Shaykh Zahid Rashid, Jazaak Allaahu khayr came to Saudi, learnt and then connected the world. I didn’t say connected ‘his homeland’, rather connected ‘the whole world’, with the major Ulamaa’ – not only with the Students of Knowledge or those like me who speak, but with the Ulamaa’. He worked hard so that he could give to the whole world. He returned, and today Mashaa Allaah he is doing activities and teaching there. So Alhamdulillaah today we see Salafiyyah in every corner of the world. I know no place in this world where there is no Salafiyyah Alhamdulillaah. If all these people migrated to one land imagine how the world would be!

So, my advice to you sister: First of all, it is not only financial, where is your mahram for travelling? Secondly, think about if you return and there are people there in that land, who is going to guide them and who is going to give them Da’wah? It is not necessary that your parents are kuffaar, perhaps they are Muslims, but they are not practicing, or they may be people of bid’ah. Who can protect them from the fire, if not you? They have great rights upon you to guide them as they took care of you when you were a child. Today, you have to repay them for that, and deal with them nicely in order to bring them to the safe side; and also your neighbors and people of that land who were good to you, even if they are kuffaar (disbelievers). If they are good to you, and have always been good to you then they have rights upon you to guide them in a nice way and for you to talk to them. So, before we speak about hijrah, we need to take all these things into consideration. And Allaah تعالى knows best.


Answered by: Shaykh Muhammad al-Maliki

Title of Lecture: Question and Answer Session

Date of the Lecture: November 3rd, 2007

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Question: A brother has many questions about matters related to hijrah (migration). A summary of the questions is: Every Muslim who wishes to make hijrah must obtain a visa. Is the concept of the visa Islaamically legislated? Are there any reasons for this condition as we know that it was not the case during the time of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم? Are our Scholars advising the Muslim rulers to lift this and to allow Muslims to immigrate to their countries?

Answer: There was some problem with the connection with the Shaykh حفظه الله during the response to this question. However, from what could be ascertained, the Shaykh حفظه الله mentioned that from the Principles of the Legislation of Islaam is (loosely translated) ‘When there is difficulty it is required that something is introduced to make that thing easy.’ It means that whenever there is a difficulty upon the Muslims, there is an obligation upon the leaders of the Muslims to remove that difficulty by making things easy. This is from the Principles of the Legislation of Islaam and it may be looked at from a number of different angles.

However, what the individual must understand is that Allaah سبحانه وتعالى will only hold you accountable for that which you are in control of, as Allaah سبحانه وتعالى says in the Qur’aan:


Therefore, if an individual has the ability, and it is easy for him to make hijrah then he can make hijrah and if he cannot, due to some obstacle or hindrance then he is not held responsible for that, and Allaah سبحانه وتعالى will not hold him accountable for that.


Answered by: Shaykh Abdullaah al-Ghudyaan

Title of Lecture: Methods to Understand & Memorize Al-Qur'aan

Date of the Lecture: January 5th, 2008

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