Is my endeavor to own a farm in the countryside, driven by a love for nature and a desire to avoid the city's noise and pollution, as well as the wish to eat natural food for health preservation, considered a sin that contradicts the Prophet's saying: "I fear for my Ummah two things: they follow desires and rural [life] and abandon prayer and the Quran...."?
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It is permissible to own a farm in the countryside, away from the city's clamor, to consume natural food for health preservation, provided that one fears Allah in all of that. This is indicated by the : "There will come a time when the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which he will follow to the tops of mountains and to places where rain falls, fleeing with his religion from tribulations."
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