Order for migration is forever The Messenger of Allah (S) has told us...

Order for migration is forever The Messenger of Allah (S) has told us: “Hijrat is Wajib till the doors of repentance close. The doors of repentance will not close till the sun rises from the west.” (i.e. the order for migration will be in force till Qiyāma).

^4 Amir ul-Mu’minīn ‘Ali (a.s.) says: “The order for Hijrat will be in force till Allah demands obedience from the inhabitants of the earth in the same way as the order was first promulgated in the time of the Holy Prophet (S).” It means that Hijrat will remain a compulsory duty till the time other religious duties remain obligatory on the people.

‘They could not migrate from Mecca’ In the book of ‘Masalik’, the second martyr[^5] writes that the Holy Prophet (S) has explained the meaning of the tradition of migration saying that it is specifically concerned with the migration from Mecca. Hence when Mecca was liberated from the domination of the unbelievers there was no need for the Muslims to migrate elsewhere. The order applies to only those Muslims who are unable…