The duration of a traveler’s absence from his wife
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I seek guidance for the one who travels for long periods to seek a livelihood and work, leaving his wife and children, and sometimes the absence exceeds a year or more, and he does not return until after two years. Is this work prescribed? And what is the guidance? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
The prescribed duration is that he does not be absent from her for more than six months, unless she is pleased with that and gives him permission, in which case he may be absent for the duration of the need, even if it exceeds six months. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I seek guidance for the one who travels for long periods to seek a livelihood and work, leaving his wife and children, and sometimes the absence exceeds a year or more, and he does not return until after two years. Is this work prescribed? And what is the guidance? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
The prescribed duration is that he does not be absent from her for more than six months, unless she is pleased with that and gives him permission, in which case he may be absent for the duration of the need, even if it exceeds six months. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 07 / فتاوى على الهواء - 20 02 1437هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (46:42)
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