To Muslim who decided to travel!

Alhamdu Lelah, recently , the phenomenon of families (Husband and wife and sons and daughters) traveling abroad, has increased. Sometimes sons and daughters and the mother travel without the father to spend vacation in infidel country or some Arab country that is full of sins

Unfortunately, some of us, May Allah show them the right guidance, are proud of this and try to make propaganda for the country they have visited, disregarding the prohibited things that could spoil our religion and make them commit sins like taking photos and witnessing the bad morals which affect their morals. Some of it is magic and foreseeing in which the prophet Mohammed (p.b.u.h) said: He who seeks fortuneteller and believes in what he says is infidel). Beside that, youth tend to spend , excessively, money on both what is not permissible in Islam like drinking alcohol and attending dancing clubs.

It is common , during the days that proceed the vacation that some men taking their wives to photography shops before traveling to take a photo to the passport and let other men photographing them without shyness or jealousy or even without fear to exceed the limits! And this is not allowed in Islam, as our clerics say, and even if the photographer is a female, as the Prophet said: every photographer is in hell) and said: (He who made an image shall be asked to make it alive in the Judgment Day, Yet, he will not be able to). Travel for tourism doesn't count as such a reason to allow what is legally prohibited, and in our country a lot of nice places for tourism like Abha and Al Taef and the surrounding area.

A lot of travelers urge others and invite them to travel like them as they praise it and bring pictures that allures other people, forgetting the prophet's saying: ( He who creates a bad sunnah( tradition) shall bear its sin and the sins of those who do it) narrated by Imam Muslim.


Photographing women and the negative effects of traveling:

Shiekh Abdul Rahman Al Jabrein has been asked about the phenomenon of family-travel to Arab, Western, Asian, European or American countries, and the need to take photograph for wife and children in order to do so as that is known by our clerics is that taking photographs is forbidden in Islam except for an extreme need. And he has been asked also about spending a lot of money on things that are wither permissible or impermissible in Islam, as well as violations of Islamic rules concerning women such as veil and makeup and witnessing a lot of sins that would be tempting .

He answered:

Al Hamdulellah and peace and prayers be upon our prophet Mohammed , his associates and companions.

A lot of Ahadeeth( speeches of the prophet peace be upon him) have been narrated about prohibiting photography such as mentioned above and it all refer to pictures, whether sculptured or painted. These pictures shall be damaged as Angels do not enter a home contains it. Yet, as there is some need for pictures such as for passports to travel for medication or study, our religious scholars allowed it.

Thus , I believe that taking photographs for tourism is not allowed, specially when accompanying women and the family which consequently would result in a lot of bad effects such as:

1- foreign men look at the photos of the women in borders and it is known that the face of the woman shall not be revealed for foreigners.

2- such travels are of no use and it is a waste of time and money and it can't be deemed to be done for knowledge of cultures of other countries as travelers do not make it for acquiring knowledge and wisdom and remembering Allah as much as they make it for relaxation and witnessing the prohibited things.

3-Wasting time and money in the benefit of the infidels who are enemies of Islam in a way that makes them stronger to launch war on Islam.

4- Spending much time in doing the things that are allowed in Islam to the extent that they forget to do what is requested from Muslims to do, hence they might have big sins like committing adultery and drinking alcohol and hearing music and attending dancing clubs and spending a lot of money in doings sins and things that are renounced in Islam. All that goes to the benefit of the infidels and launching war against Muslims

5- Muslim women do fall in sins and act against Islamic rules as some of them do not wear the Hijab(veil) and reveal her face and hair imitating infidel women while claiming that she can't put the veil among women with full make up and then she falls in doing the sin of imitating infidel women and as a result her husband or father would not be able to prevent her.

6- Travelling to these countries without a reason but tourism may lead to do sins and humiliate Muslims when some of them curse the Islamic rules and praise the infidels. Here we advice Muslims to preserve themselves ; their minds , their families , money and religion and do not travel but for an urgent need.

By Abd Allah bin Abd Al Rahman Al Jabrein.

Negative sides of travelling to Arab or Western countries:

1- Admiring the infidels (if the destination is for a Western country) and hence praising them and deciding not to go back to home land and this not allowed in Islam as Sheikh Ibn Othaimeen said. Allah said: (Thou wilt not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, loving those who resist Allah and His Messenger) Al Mujadelah 22

2- A lot of Muslims have admired clothes of the infidels

3- Muslim women unveil their faces and hair without shyness as the husband or father or the brother do not mind and might even have ordered them to do so till Muslim women got annoyed of the veil once they come back to their country and leaded to creating new designs of the veils.

4- Muslim sons and daughters would see a lot of actions and deeds that are not allowed in Islam as soon as they arrive in the airport while the parents can not prevent them from seeing these prohibited things which means a bad raising for them.

The messenger (peace be upon him) said: (You all are responsible) and said: (Allah would ask every responsible person, whether he saved or wasted what he was responsible for) Do they people forgot the dooms Day?

5- Generally The parents would deny those who commit big sins or even the small ones and this is an obligatory action in Islam if abandoned, the Muslim would sin. Also, the parents would not be able to prevent themselves, or their offspring, from watching prohibited deeds and the result would be sickness of the heart and evoking for the lusts as well as facing punishment in both lives.

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