What is the ruling on traveling abroad to earn a living when one's home country needs its own people?
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Traveling in search of sustenance is permissible, provided it does not lead to something forbidden, such as neglecting the rights of parents, or traveling to lands of temptation where one fears for their religion and morals. For enduring the hardships of life is easier than losing one's religion.
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