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Great video would love to see the top five countries you’re considering moving to? Me and my wife have had this same thought we are living in America Chicago and it’s not the same as when we were kids.

Thank you for the information provided , I already have a Canada tourism Visa and want to apply for my wife . in your opinion what is best for us 1- She apply alone for visit visa without submit my visa with her paper OR \n2- submit my visa with her as we travelling together ?

Masha Allah. \nI have moved my family from Australia to Pakistan. Alhamdulillah your 5 reasons are same as mine. \nAllah bless you all with highest level of Imaan and Taqwa. \nBless you and your family. \nMy kids are aged 14,12 ,10 and 1yr old. My wife supported me a lot to take this decision. This is not an easy task as you guys were born in Canada. But your sacrifice will be return in great great ajer here in duniya and in Aakhira.

We loved and still love Toronto, and we miss certain aspects of living there. But yeah we did the math and it just didn't work out in our favor to stay there anymore. We looked at my hometown (San Diego, California) and my wife's (Calgary), and went with Calgary. Just put in an offer on an inner-city townhouse in Calgary that would be at least double the price in Toronto. Like I said though, I still miss Toronto a lot.

I wonder how does your wife enjoy sandy beaches and sun in that hijab?!

You don’t know think it will very tough for your wife and daughters outside of Canada?

Assalamu alaikum. I'm a proud Muslim from Bangladesh who watched this vlog for the first time. Though I never lived or visited Canada I know all the points you mentioned here. All the difficulties in Western countries as a practicing Muslim. My wife wants to move to Canada & she always keeps pressuring me to take steps to move on to Canada but I am not that much interested for the same reasons you mentioned here. My sister lives in Saskatoon & she wants to help me with the relative points to move to Canada. I always try to make them understand my views. But they don't understand. They thinks Canada is the best!

Having lived in Canada, I can understand many of your arguments. A question to the wife: would you give up your right to sit equal to your husband and express your personal views when leaving Canada? Because you will surely have no equal rights in countries that practice strict Islamic law.

i m sorry dude...your wife is so beautiful with a sexy inttellect...Alhamdulilah!!!

I lived in Toronto with my wife between Oct. 2021 and Oct. 2023. Despite earning six figures as a software developer plus my wife earning more or less the minimum wage and despite being very lucky to have a ridiculously low (for Toronto) rent of $1350 for a 2-bedroom apartment we decided to move back to Poland. We wanted to stay in Canada for longer, but with everything around being so expensive we weren't able to get a similar standard of living that we can easily afford in Europe. The fact that we didn't feel particularly safe in the city didn't help.

My wife and I used to live in Toronto. We moved to the United States in 2018. We've literally saved more money in the 5 years we've lived in the U.S. than our entire lives in Canada. Everything in Canada is way too expensive, taxes are heaped upon taxes, and the price is inflated even more. Toronto is even more crazy than the rest of Canada in terms of expenses. There is no way young people will ever be able to afford a home or save for retirement.

Dubai. Yes it’s not perfect and more westernized but at least you live in a civil society there. \n\nWhy Dubai is super attractive is because of the ease of setup there to get residency if you know what you’re doing. It can be done rapidly for you and your family. Before you know it you’re looking for a rental there and ready to move. \n\nIve also decided to migrate out of Canada for the reason of seeking a better environment for the sake of maintaining Eman for my wife, children and myself. You hit that right on ? \n\nMay Allah bless and guide you to what is best for you with your efforts. It’s inspiring to see others who share the same vision and not only share it but who act upon it as well.

Why do you let your wife show her neck?? This is not hijab.

Howdy me and my wife live in California we still want to move :) let me know what destination you go to next

To be honest, the whole video I was just staring at your wife, and this is not good for both of us, brother.

i moved to the uk two years ago with my 5 boys and wife. the opportunities in the UK were just too large to ignore for myself and my wife. and partially my step son. myself and my wife both got higher salaries for the fields we were already in and football is more important in the UK than canada where hockey is the dominant sport. it took along time to adjust. but overall recently my wife and i took a romantic trip to london this past new year’s eve and we both agreed this was the best decision for our family and children. we are happier here in the UK than we were in Ontario. and that’s what it’s about. quality of life. go back to canada? Canada is a broken nation and it’ll never be what it once was.

Mashallah, I wish to find a wife like her, very beautifullll

i am Canadian Pakistani, my wife is Canadian Labanese, i have been talking to her about leaving Canada as well. Hate for Muslims in Canada is on another level now a days. this encourages me to move as well. now i will seriously get out of here. Canada is not what we thought it was.

Assallamun Aleykum Dear brother and sister ,very becareful to country you choose to go.I was born in Turkey move to Usa married in usa ,when I have 4 kids have same thoughts like you dids we made a decision move to Turkey for our childrens they can learn about there religions and smiliar recent you have we stayed there 4 and half years we end up coming back to USA why?\n1# Education not good in Turkey muslim country 5 times Adhans you hear but nothing they teach in school about religions \nFrom elementary school to university all they teach about ataturk(first leader turkish republic after ottoman empire 1923 hes atheist or enemy of islam for sure)nothing about prophet Muhammad asm.\n2# Modern life?\nAs a married with ex Christian American women alhamdullillah she bring sahedeh 15 years ago wife with hijab she said Turkish women theres no different then Americans womens they almost majority no cover hijab not practice in islam sadly cheating on high ranked. Zina super high in there now sadly\n3# No Seriah law\nThis make harder for you because Bank system same as western riba involved your money in bank some how.\nNote# Highly recommend it to you my beatifil heart brother and sister,\nDont go to country have no any different life style then western countries. \nIf I have choose I will go to Medina Munevverre \nAssallamun Aleykum

60 y.o., born and raised in Canada. My wife and I left for Turkey. We had to leave because it became apparent that we would be living in poverty come retirement. In Canada, if you don't have a union job or a government job, your life will end up in a dead end like ours did. If you worry about the future, your feelings are probably justified and you should start looking for a way out as we did.

60 y.o. born and raised in Canada. My wife and I left to live in Turkey to retire becausr we would have been living in poverty. If you don't have a unionized job or government job in Canada, your life will end up in a dead end like ours did. If you are afraid of the future in Canada's dying economy, it may be time to look elsewhere.

Josh Ramos sounds like they didn’t actually start the war it sounds like somebody just came along and kicked them off their land oh no way that’s right they started the war and the losing the war and sometimes wars have consequences usually the loss of land because my wife to read some history book sometime it’s only been happening since the beginning of time if you lost a war you lost your life your freedom and your land and everything else

My wife and I plan to leave British Columbia and move to another province. It's just expensive to live and to retire in BC.

I moved out of Canada in 2023 due to the high living costs, after nearly a decade. Taxes are super high as you start making a bit more of money, healthcare is precarious (talk about preventative medicine… non-existing in Canada) and the real estate market is just the cherry on top. Making 200k plus I couldn’t buy a condo anywhere for me and my wife without accruing a lot of debt, at least a 2/3 bedroom as we both work from home. Even cities like Calgary, known before for cheap rent, have doubled the prices. \n\nToronto and Vancouver are blatantly used for money laundering and the government doesn’t care. Prices as a result have super inflated and people doing any type of decent work are the ones to pay for it. \n\nCanada is amazing if you are either VERY poor or VERY rich. The rest is better off moving elsewhere

Born and raised in Toronto but as things were getting worse in Toronto, my wife and I decided to move up to a remote community in Nunavut. We simply cannot afford anything in the city anymore.

Raised in Ottawa and interned in Toronto 1970-71 after medical school. Left the country in 1977 to set up medical practice in Houston. Best decision I ever made other than marrying my wife who I met in Toronto. The graffiti was on the wall with Trudeau's father as Prime Minister at that time. Slow downhill decline into madness and dystopia that you see now.

I will ? check out Malaysia its amazing as morocan myself i have settled here and my wife is Malaysian amazing friendly and the County is booming al hamdulillah

Sorry out of context, but your wife’s neck/aurah is showing.

Asaalama walakium, why does your wife talk so much and interrupt you ? Maybe she should not speak so much !!!

Subhanallah im watching this from Medina, after completing umrah yesterday (bus ride to and from with 2 night hotel stay for 60$ USD for my wife and I) i am moving inshallah to making Hijra here in Medina, i have my own place, watching this video i can completely relate I am born and raised and live in NYC and always comeback to Saudi every few months. Made duaa and will continue to make duaa that one day I can live here. The haramain are my main reasons, than I learned that KSA has beautiful cities, is modern, and super safe

I came to Toronto when I was 11. 43 years later, my wife and I are getting out. We are even looking at getting out of Ontario, possibly Canada. It is impossible to afford to live here, and jobs aren't available if you don't look too diverse... there are tons of empty boarded up stores increasingly in the GTA and it reminds me of parts of Buffalo in the early 80s. It has changed too much for me. Thanks for sharing, we realize we are not alone.

Assalamualaikum :) We couldn't resonate more in terms of what you're planning for. My wife and I have been in the same boat and would love to see what options you come up with. With all the points you mentioned in the video I definitely see Qatar and Malaysia as better options in terms of the Islamic way of living, influence of western culture and their geo political stances on the recent matters.

May Allah make it easy for you guys, and make you live in a good safe place that suits you but I have to advice you're wife something I know is off topic but... be careful sister to reveal you're neck because is awarah and be careful to wear makeup because is beautify you're self may Allah guide you and blesses you all alhuma ameen

Wow Mashallah. You're guys are such a real muslims thinking about the future about your children for islamic environment. I'm married to a muslim Pakistani family my wife was born in Germany, i moved to germany from Pakistan and seeing here new muslims generation is moving towards atheism which is so heart breakign, and they are ignorant for muslims values because they are being impacted by western culture and they turn their faces and ashamed of their deen, i am so happy for you guys and I know Allah will put so much barakat in your decision. Not so many people think about this, they just wanna move to 1st world country just because of luxury and security and better environment but ignore the cons of non islamic countries.

Salam, Brother Will and Sister Sana, firstly I would like to say thats a great decision. As an idea... I have a friend who moved to Qatar from the UK and he now says he will never come back, he lives there with his wife and 2 children. Great life... It may also help you to contact fellow Muslim influencers like Jasmine and Dawoud who have moved to Dubai recently from Canada and they made a video on costa etc \n\nHope the above helps.

Assalamu alaykumu Saleh family Alhamdulillah a well thought through decision. May Allah SWT make it easy for you insha'Allah. I strongly advise you to look into moving to Brunei Darussalam in Southeast Asia. We lived there for 21 years teaching English in a government school and my wife teaching in an international school. I'm quite happy to send you links and contacts if you're interested. Wishing you the best of luck brother. Wasalam

Alhamdullillah, all of these points resonate with me. The wife and I have had exactly the same discussions. \n\nMuslims came to the west (after colonisation) for a better life. Im now luckily in a position from a professional perspective to decide where that better life should be.

I leaved in Canada for over 20 years and noticed the drastic changes you mentioned. I still have 4 of my kids in Canada, They are grown up and have their own families now. As I traveled to few places for professional raison I always been on family status because I wanted to be close to my wife and 6 children. The best place I liked is the sultanate of Oman. It’s a conservative Islamic environment and people are very respective, very nice and welcoming. The only thing that bothers a bit is the heat in summer time but other than that it’s the best place in the world. By the way 3 of my children are planning to leave Canada to one of the gulf countries and I wish them good luck. May Allah guide you to the right path and place to rise your kids and practice your faith at ease.

I respect your decision but not necessarily I agree with your all reasons you gave.\nI am also first generation emigrant, my children born and raised in Canada.\nMe and my wife faced very harsh situation despite we both are well educated and skilled from our country of birth, and had very good life back home. We did nit came here for job or money. We just came here expecting similar treatment but unfortunately we became subject of very calculated and well planned discrimination, since we are practicing Muslims.\nBut we are not giving up and I think God bring here on purpose, for a purpose, and that purpose is to spread Truth ( Daawah ).\nI will continue by the will of our creator. I am not going to leave this country, this country need my services, since I feel that is what God wants from us.

Alhamdulillah your level of imaan is very high which made you take the decision otherwise I can see people who just want to live with whites and adapt their culture to portray themselves as the most civilised and liberal people in the society ❤ I live in UAE with my mom, wife and kids and i advise the same for your family.

Just remember wherever you guys pick make sure that they speak the same dialect that you do otherwise you're going to have that learning curve of learning their dialects. It is different in a lot of places like learning to speak like the yemeni do is different than the Pakistani. So just keep that in mind. My grandfather is from Yemen and his wife who is my grandmother and my dad's side is from sudan. And they used to tell me it took them a while to understand each other. My Syrian grandmother on my mom's side would teach me words and phrases and my grandpa who was from Yemen would always make fun of me because I wasn't saying stuff right. I'm not really good at speaking Arabic but I can get by so just remember when you guys are picking somewhere to pick a place that won't be that hard to understand people. I'm only saying that because with the kids you guys send the kids to school they may learn a different dialect than what you taught at home and it will be a learning curve for them to try to understand. But I'm sure you guys will make the right decision. I just figured I would throw that in there I'm sure you already know that the dialects are a lot different and Arabic is a lot different in different parts of the world. People think Arabic is all the same and it's really different. Just like people who speak Spanish in South America speak different dialects on the Puerto Ricans just like people in Brazil don't speak Spanish they speak portuguese. Just a thing to think about. Egypt seems to be a pretty good place I have family that live in Egypt and they really liked it but I'm sure you guys will pick a place that's wonderful for your family and I can't wait till you guys know when we can see everything that you guys are doing in your new home Korean and I totally understand I am so upset the United States took the stand that they did with the genocide in Gaza and in the occupied West bank. People don't understand exactly what's going on there they don't know if they're not really up on current events and don't have any people in their family who are from a Muslim country they don't really know what's been going on. Anyway I hope you guys make the right decision for your family I know that you guys will pick the best place

Wow so much respect to both of you! Firstly I want to say your a great couple, you make great educational videos that myself and my wife have both learned from. Your both brilliant representations of what a good Muslim couple is. It's brilliant that you guys are fortunate enough to move away from a country that supports genocide! (Not everyone is as lucky). May Allah SWT give you both and your families greater success... And please don't stop making these fab videos!!

Ma sha'a Allah I'm with you guys , we are leaving Switzerland ?? with my converted wife to a Muslim country, For our kids and for us . I wish all the Muslim families will have the courage to do the same .wish you and your family the best . ?

Am in the process of doing the same thing now. Uk is not as bad as Canada and it is a great country but it also comes with its negatives however for many of the same reasons me and my wife have decided to do it I will be following you and subscribing and would also be very very intrested to see we’re in the world it is you choose as we have a few on the table also am glad to see like minded people doing the same thing we are a community within itself

Even though I became Muslim only since mid March, I’ve been considering making the Hijra to a Muslim country Insha’Allah. I can’t relate to living in cold weather conditions being in Southern California, but I can relate to everything else. \n\nI’m not married. Insha’Allah one day I will. But I think about the safety my wife will have going out in public in her hijab. Insha’Allah I’ll have kids and I wonder about the indoctrination going on in society. \n\nBut the biggest thing for me is living in the US and knowing that whoever is in charge will endorse genocide. And for a country that prides itself on free speech, yet we see that speech being limited when it comes to standing up for what’s right. I actually had a feeling that was going to be your number one reason before you got to it.\n\nI can’t make this happen right now but Insha’Allah in the next few years, be able to work on it so it can happen.

Asalaamu Alakium, Alhamdullahi, may Allah make it easy for you and your family. Hijra, is a test, and Allah will test His believers, so when things get tough. Remember Abrahim Pbuh, when he made Hijra, and leaving his wife in Mecca with little food. ALLAH provides, and He will replace better , for what you had left behind.

Alhumdulillah!!! I’m so happy I came across your video. My wife and I are exploring our options for leaving the US. Most of what you said resonated with our circumstances. In Sha Allah, you'll find what works for you guys. As for us, well actually me (giggle), I don't mind the cold. We are exploring predominantly Muslim countries, but even that is hard. May Allah make your hijrah easy. Looking forward to seeing your follow-up video(s) with your choices.

As Salamu Alykum, Make hijra to Pakistan Islamabad, your wife hopefully speaks urdu. You already know how to speak jiji haan haan. Plus Pakistan needs strong Muslims like yourself. May Allah make it easy for you and your family Ameen. ❤

Now my company is processing a work visa @ottawa. At my level the take home salary should be > 110K -120K CAD+ bonus. I'm hoping that would be sufficient. My wife is working here in India and is earning very well. After seeing this crisis news I'm most probably not going to make her resign. Will experience Canada for 2 years, save money and will go back to India. I don't want to permanently move.

Sir namaskar since I am alongwith my wife here to attend our ailing daughter in law .Sir my son is employee of pharma co. production deptt having b. pharma and mba he is also gaving mortgage agent licence pl.guide him to go ahead in real esrate.Thanks ji .. Romesh Sharma