Classical Muslim jurists never imagined voluntary Muslim emigration

Evidence

It was not until the early nineteenth century that the Pasha of Egypt, followed by the Sultan of Turkey and the Shah of Persia, sent the first student missions to Europe. Their main pur­ pose in sending these missions was the modernization of their armed forces, and their action could therefore be justified by the ruling of earlier jurists that it is per­ missible to learn from the enemy in order more effectively to fight him. … The one contingency that never seems to have occurred to any of those en­ gaged in these discussions was that Muslims, singly or in groups, might chose of their own free will to leave the lands of Islam and to go and settle in a non- Muslim country. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 704 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Classical Muslim jurists ruled Muslims must leave non-Muslim lands; No Islamic jurist anticipated voluntary Muslim emigration to non-Muslim lands — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 704; Islamic jurists categorically prohibited Muslims voluntarily entering non-Muslim countries

Broader Connections

• No Islamic jurist anticipated voluntary Muslim emigration to non-Muslim lands #corroborates (0.95) — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 704