Any further discussion here would be out of the scope of the short article.
Any further discussion here would be out of the scope of the short article. However, under all circumstances, it is important to mention that the law of the land has to be respected.
In a Hadith, for example: الأمالي للصدوق الْهَمَدَانِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِشِيعَتِهِ يَا مَعْشَرَ الشِّيعَةِ لَا تُذِلُّوا رِقَابَكُمْ بِتَرْكِ طَاعَةِ سُلْطَانِكُمْ فَإِنْ كَانَ عَادِلًا فَاسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ إِبْقَاءَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ جَائِراً فَاسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ إِصْلَاحَهُ فَإِنَّ صَلَاحَكُمْ فِي صَلَاحِ سُلْطَانِكُمْ (The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Al Hamadany, from Ali, from his father, from Musa Bin Ismail Bin Musa, from his father, ‘From his grandfather -asws Musa -asws Bin Ja’far -asws having said to his -asws Shias: ‘O community of Shias!
Do not disgrace your necks by leaving the obedience of your rulers. If he were just, ask Allah -azwj for his remaining (alive), and if he were a tyrant, ask Allah -azwj to Correct him, for your correction is the correction of your rulers. وَ إِنَّ السُّلْطَانَ الْعَادِلَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْوَالِدِ الرَّحِيمِ فَأَحِبُّوا لَهُ مَا تُحِبُّونَ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَ اكْرَهُوا لَهُ مَا تَكْرَهُونَ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ.
And the just ruler is at the status of the merciful father, therefore love for him what you are loving for yourself and dislike for him what you are disliking for yourselves’’.
[1] For a believer, it is important, prior to embarking on travel, he should take extra precautions in a foreign land so to secure his honour and faith (Eman), e.g., الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي ابْنُ مَخْلَدٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ الْمِسْمَعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص نَهَى أَنْ يُسَافَرَ بِالْقُرْآنِ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْعَدُوِّ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَنَالَهُ الْعَدُوُّ.
(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the Sheykh Al Tusi – Ibn Makhlad, from Umar Bin Al-Hassan Al Shaybani, from Muhammad Bin Shazan Al Mismaie, from Yahya Bin Saeed Al Qattan, from Abdullah Bin Amro, and from Nafie, from Ibn Umar, ‘The Prophet -saww prohibited from travelling with the Quran to a land of the enemy fearing that the enemy would take (insult it/destroy) it’’.
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