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Fatwa CenterObtaining citizenship of a non-Muslim country to get custody of one's child
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im a permanent resident in canada not a Citizen my wife is a canadian and we have a child, but we are getting divorced in the court (i divorced her 3 times, shar3an ) and im scared she will take my son from me and he will be lost in kuffar country, if i go to the court for our divorce she will take my son for sure and they may not let me see him again, cuz im just a permanent resident i dont have the same rights as canadian citizens can i take the canadian nationality (Citizenship) to get the rights as canadians so i could fight my wife in the court to take my son? the purpose from taking the canadian nationality is to take my son with me and dont let him lose his life with kuffar, by the way his mom not a good she say bad words in front of him, make him watch movies etc
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.
After this, you should endeavor to migrate to a Muslim country to reside there in order to be able to educate your child in the Islamic beliefs and morals. Residing in a non-Muslim country is very dangerous and involves negative consequences especially on the upbringing of children, so it is not permissible to reside there without necessity or a dire need. Please refer to Fataawa 179175 and 86405.
Finally, it should be noted that the parent who has the custody of the child is not permitted to prevent the other parent from seeing the child, because preventing this consists in injustice and abuse.
Allaah Knows best.
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