What is the ruling on mandatory travel insurance to obtain a visa for visiting Europe or another country for purposes of visit and tourism, knowing that insurance agencies are commercial?
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The basic principle is that commercial insurance is forbidden. However, if a traveler undertaking a permissible journey is compelled to have it, and cannot travel without insurance, then there is no sin upon him in that instance.
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