Is the reported migration supplication about the most beloved lands authentic?
2026-10-14
T166 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
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النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
ومما يروون عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم، أنه قال: "اللهم إنك أخرجتني من أحب البقاع إلى فأسكني في أحب البقاع إليك".
الجواب
الحمد لله، هذا باطل، بل ثبت في الترمذي، وغيره أنه قال لمكة: "والله إنك لأحب بلاد الله إلى الله"، وقال: "إنك لأحب البلاد إلى"، فأخبر أنها أحب البلاد إلى الله وإليه.
English translation
English translation prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic source. It is not an official translation.
Original question
Among the reports they attribute to him, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is that he said: “O Allah, You have brought me out of the place most beloved to me, so settle me in the place most beloved to You.”
Answer
Praise be to Allah. This is invalid. Rather, it is established in al-Tirmidhī and elsewhere that he said to Makkah: “By Allah, you are indeed the most beloved of Allah's lands to Allah.” He also said: “You are indeed the land most beloved to me.” He thus stated that it is the land most beloved both to Allah and to himself.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 18/378
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic collated with the cited edition and a second transcription: https://quranislam.github.io/fatwa/ibn-taymiyyah/fatwa291.html. Each individual report and its full reply is preserved within the larger collected question. Diacritics omitted and honorific glyphs expanded. Titles and scope notes are editorial.