Is It Better To Remain In India Or To Migrate To Madinah Munawwarah?

Is it better to remain in India or to migrate to Madinah Munawwarah?

To remain in India with one‟s heart yearning for Madinah Munawwarah and to die in this extreme love is a thousand times better than living in Madinah Munawwarah with one‟s heart yearning for India. Whilst living in Madinah Munawwarah one is faced with much difficulty and hardship for which one will have to make lots of sabar. This is extremely difficult. Many people slip in this regard. It becomes very difficult for the women and children to remain firm in these trying conditions. At times the conditions become so difficult that people who have residency here run away to other countries.

Perhaps you may be able to withstand the difficulties in Madinah Shareef but will the women and children in your family manage. It is not necessary to go and live in Madinah Munawwarah. Thousands of Sahaabah (radiyallahu anhum) left Madinah Munawwarah to live in other countries. Hadhrat Ali (radiyallahu anhu) also left Madinah Shareef. There are thousands of Awliyaa who were born out of Madinah Shareef and passed away in their respective countries. Can we for one moment say that they did not have ishq (deep love) for Rasulullah صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَم or they did not have Imaan.

The maqsood (main purpose) is the pleasure of Allah Ta‟ala wherever you attain it. This is what will benefit you. If one is living in the Raudha Mubaarak (pure chamber) of Rasulullah صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَم but he has not achieved the pleasure of Allah Ta‟ala, then this closeness is of no use to him. Hadhrat Uwais Qarni (rahmatullahi alayh) in obedience to his mother never met Rasulullah صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَم yet he was soaked in the love of Rasulullah صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَم  and achieved the title of the leader of the Awliyaa. A great Sahaabi like Hadhrat Umar (radiyallahu anhu) was instructed to ask him
for duas whereas he was not chosen to see and meet Rasulullah صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَم.

Hadhrat Moulana Husain Ahmad Madani رحمه الله