What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the money a Muslim acquires from working, studying, and traveling in non-Muslim countries?
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Emigration from non-Muslim countries for work or study has rulings:
1. Emigration is not obligatory for the incapable (due to illness or inability). 2. Emigration is recommended but not obligatory for the capable person who can observe the rituals of his religion and is safe from temptation. 3. Emigration is obligatory for the capable person who cannot observe the rituals of his religion or is not safe from temptation.
As for money earned from working in non-Muslim countries, if the work is forbidden, the money is forbidden, and if it is permissible, the money is permissible.
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