Hijrah to Jordan

Sent in by Muwahida in Jordan

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الحمد لله و الصلاة و السلام على رسول الله

I am a muhajirah currently residing in Jordan, I have been living here for the last 2years. Here is some basic information about Jordan for muhajireen.

Study visa’s are easy to obtain here in Jordan but as for work it is scarce and unlike some other Arab countries qualifications are very important for teaching or work in other departments but tutoring English privately can be an option for income.

Life in Jordan is expensive but in outer lying areas rent is cheaper than other areas. A normal apartment is about US$300 a month that’s not including electricity or water.

There are Islamic schools in Salt and a few good schools in Amman, but when I say good I don’t mean perfectly Islamic but as in better than any western school.
There are many good kindergartens as well mashaAllah and all pick the students by bus and bring them home.

For a low budget family I don’t advise Jordan as a place of hijrah but for those who want to implement the hadith of the Sham and be around the very small community of muwahideen, who are very hard to find these days, then Jordan is an ideal place.
Jordan is not picture perfect as say Yemen for example. Here there are a lot of women who do not cover and westernised areas especially in Amman. Some muhajreen live in Salt which is more or less conservative.

Jordan is one of the Al-Sham countries that the Prophet s.a.w told us to go to in the last days (akhir zaman) and for those who cannot then they were told to go to Yemen.

What I love about Jordan is the strong community of muwahideen here and the ability to show your true Islamic identity. My son has really adapted to the people here and has discovered his Islamic identity. He doesn’t have to hide who he is Alhamdulillah, which is a very big help in his tarbiyah. He is free to wear his Islamic dress whether it be Afghani style or Arabian style and head wear and not have to hide every aspect of his belief. This is something you cannot do in many Arab countries like the rest of the Sham countries (Syria and Lebanon) or countries like Egypt. The fact is that you can build yourself decent Islamic environment. The number of muhajireen here are scarce but Allah willing hopefully it will grow.

It is possible for single woman to live here alone. I for one am without husband and alhamdulilah the community is very helpful mashaAllah and Salt is the safest area to live in as it is still very tribal and protected by culture.

The thing is there is no perfect dawla yet and inshaALlah our aim of hijrah is to please Allah swt and we do it because it is wajib upon us so may Allah swt open the way for us and assist us in gaining or goal. Amin