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A daa’iyah is going to leave his city even though the people need him

Question: 69862

There is a man who acts as the imam of a mosque where he holds lessons and gives talks. The people of that neighbourhood need him, but he wants to leave the mosque because of his living situation. Is there any sin on him?.

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

It is as if you are saying that there is no one in the
neighbourhood who can take the place of this man, and the people need him.
So his teaching this group of people is an individual obligation (fard ‘ayn)
for him. If he moves, we think that: 

If he is in the same city, then he can come to the mosque
where he was previously, even if it is on the other side of the city. 

If he moves to another city, then if it is for an essential
reason, there is no sin on him, such as if he travels to earn a living and
he does not have enough to live on. In such a case there is no sin on him,
and the community has to look for another person to take his place, or they
should support this man so that he will be free to teach them. 

Source

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him)  - Liqaa’aat al-Baab il-Maftoohah, 3/420

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