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 Hadith: "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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