The question of hijra

Question

A request for clarification and explanation addressed to the esteemed muftis on behalf of the muhajirs (emigrants) from Bukhara and Turkestan, concerning the following matters. (1) How many conditions are laid down for hijra to be fard? At what time does hijra become fard, and to which place should hijra be made? (2) After hijra has become obligatory, what should the people of that land do? (3) Those muhajirs who have emigrated from that country — to what extent does the right of the oppressed (mustad‘afin)

Answer

(1) When a person is unable to establish his religion in a city, and knows with certainty or with predominant probability (ghalabat al-zann) that in another city he will be able to do so, then hijra is wajib for that person: that he should go there and make the ordinances (hudud) of the religion firm and secure.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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