The Place with 'Khair' is of Great Worth

Prophet Muhammad, be peace and blessings upon him, was born, and grew in Makkah. Though graves of both of his parents were not there, still naturally he loved Makkah, not only it was the homeland of his forefathers but because the Creator of this universe had chosen this place for His most sacred and ancient house, the Ka’bah, the Grand Mosque, built by Ibrahim (AS) and his son, Ismail (AS). Significance of the Ka’bah, can be envisaged through the fact that a believer’s one prayer there is equal to one thousand hundred prayers anywhere else in reward by Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Gracious.
In spite of this significance of Makkah, when the mission of calling the mankind to the Absolute Truth, Islam importuned and the Messenger of Allah (SAW) left his birth place. Carrying out the enterprise of Dawa became the top preference and he, with his companions who suffered tortures and troubles in Makkah, unhesitatingly made Yathrib (Madinah) his land of choice to live there. Hence the most sacred soil remained less important than the demand of making the message of Islam heard to the places, far and wide, establishing an Islamic society and founding a state in the light of the Quran. For a believer a very little premise where he can live in accordance with the Shariah of Islam is of greater worth.Though Makkah is still spiritual capital of the Muslim Ummah, yet Madinah itself becalme a place of Great Worth and the second most revered spiritual seat for the Muslims.
Many of the Faiths also have been getting relocated from one region to the other and even from one continent to the other continent. Christianity was originally the religion of Jerusalem and some other cities of Palestine and a matter of the Children of Israel (Jews) because it was actually a Jewish sect. By the 4rd century when it became the religion of the Roman Empire, it became the dominant religion of many parts of Africa, Europe and then even of the North America, Australia and New Zealand. European colonizers patronized the Christian Missions to spread this faith in the countries they had forcefully seized.
What is North America? A land of migrants from almost all parts of Europe and Africa and later a large number also from Asia! The early settlers were the British (and some other European) exploiters and manipulators. They drove away the original habitants grabbing their lands. Ships full of the African slaves were brought to work for them. The blacks there are the descendents of the same wronged African people.
For thousand years a lot of factors were there for making man move from place to place, across the oceans, over the vast deserts and around the continents. Harsh weathers, fear of overpowering forces, need for adequate food and water and a desire for having a better place to make his home have been the main considerations in his constant move. Aggressive designs to colonize the lands and subjugate the people also have been a motive of the warriors for taking large armies to faraway places and at last leaving many of the soldiers settle there. DNA tests are more probable to trace out Arab and Turk blood still in the reins of many of the Spanish and East European countries because they lived there for a long time, established stable dynasties and left indelible prints of their culture.
Millions of the people were displaced because of aggrandizement of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), and devastating warfare activities of the Mongol emperors Gangis (Changez) Khan, his grandson Hulaku Khan and a bit later Temur Lang conquering much of South West Asia till over half of 13th century. They destroyed Baghdad, hallmark of the Muslim civilization, weakened Damascus and devastated many other great power centers of the Muslim Ummah. The Mughals came to India as conquerors and established Mughal Empire there. Napoleonic wars (1803-1815) were not less in causing destruction and bringing miseries for millions of the people from Europe and Russia to Egypt in North Africa. Carnage of the First and Second World Wars left irretrievable impact on human lives.
This all has been making the populations move in search of better environment and felicitous circumstances for life. Unjust and cruel policies of despotic rulers, poor law and order situation, political instability, economical unevenness and lack of opportunities became the reasons for thousands of the Muslims from the Middle East, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other Muslim countries to shift to the European countries and North America for education, jobs and business. Now in coming one or a half more decade Islam is foreseen to be the largest religion of those lands.
Love for homeland is a natural thing. But man cannot live with peace of mind while lacking the respect and freedom. He wants favourable conditions of life and a bright future for his generations. He desires not to have any obstacles in following his religious teachings, moral values and cultural traits. Carrying the torch of FAITH and knowledge and to spreading the light of guidance in the lands sunk in the darkness of ignorance is the most dedicated 'diaspora'. This is what our Holy Prophet, be peace and blessings upon him, had termed ‘khair’. Where man finds ‘Khair’ that is the place of great worth for him. The Messenger of Allah, SAW, is reported to have said:
“All the lands belong to Allah and all the people are the servants (here the word servant means creature) of Allah. So, wherever you find ‘khair’ (pleasant and favourable circumstances for life), settle down there.” (Ahmed)