Conditions for hijrat to become fardh

Q:

1. What are the conditions for the immigration being Farz on a Muslim.

2. If someone immigrates following the fulfillment of above conditions and later these conditions are not fulfilled in his first homeland, will he have to return back necessarily or it is a matter of choice?

A:

1. When one cannot live in peace, he cannot peacefully practise his deen, and there is constant serious fear of his life and his property all over.

2. No.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)