What is the ruling on traveling between cities in a non-Muslim country where a Muslim is studying, given the possibility of openly performing religious rituals and not being coerced into sins?
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A Muslim's residence in a disbelieving country is disliked (makrooh), but this dislike is removed by necessity, such as studying. A condition for the permissibility of residing there is that the Muslim must be safe from temptation (fitna) for himself and be able to observe his religion; otherwise, it is not permissible for him to remain there. There is no harm in traveling between the cities of those countries if residence there is permissible.
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