<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) This Hadith is like a scale with which people weigh their inner deeds: Are they sincere to Allah or not regarding them?<br> 2) People differ with regards to their acts of worship according to their intentions. The intentions of some people have reached the ultimate level of sincerity (to Allah) and keenness in following the Sunnah (of the Messenger of Allah) with regard to doing good and righteous deeds, while the intentions of others are below that.<br> 3) Moving from non-Muslim land to Muslim land is obligatory on those capable of doing that, as was the case with the early believers; the honorable Companions of the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) who migrated from Makkah to Madinah before Makkah became a land of Islam and belief.<br> <br> <b>Benefit:</b><br> Hijrah includes forsaking a deed, a doer, and a place.<br> First: Hijrah of a deed; meaning that a slave of Allah refrains from all the sins prohibited by Allah and His Messenger, as in the following Hadith: “The Muhājir (i.e. the doer of Hijrah) is the one who forsakes what Allah has forbidden.” [Narrated by Al-Bukhāri]<br> Second: Hijrah of the doer, like forsaking a man who sins openly and announces his sins. If deserting such a person would bring about benefit, such as prompting him to stop committing what Allah prohibited, then he is to be deserted.<br> Third: Hijrah of the place, by moving from a place infested with sins to another place that is free of such sins or where they are comparatively less, because the individual is affected by his environment either positively or negatively.<br> <b>Benefit:</b><br> What is the ruling on a Muslim traveling to disbelievers’ countries?<br> It is not permissible for a Muslim to travel to disbelievers’ states, and it is prohibited unless certain conditions are met; these conditions are:<br> 1) That the Muslim is equipped with sound knowledge to refute suspicions raised by others, for the disbelievers might put forward to him difficult issues and questions related to Islam, the Qur’an, the Prophet and so on, which he might not be able to answer.<br> 2) That he has a strong base of religiosity and piety to protect himself against the widespread prohibited lusts, such as drinking alcohol, committing adultery, and staying up late at night to party and the like.<br> 3) That he needs to make that trip. As for traveling for tourism, it is impermissible. An example of a need is to travel to seek medical treatment, to seek knowledge that is not available in Muslim countries, or to conduct trade that would benefit him and Muslims in general.<br> One kind of permissible or obligatory traveling is when a preacher or a scholar travels to invite people to the religion of Allah Almighty.<br> <br> <b>Words in the Hadith:</b><br> Hijrah: moving from non-Muslim states to Muslim states.