The Wife’s Refusal to Travel with Her Husband and His Divorce of Her

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if a man asks his wife to move with him to a country where he has a means of livelihood, but she refuses, and the man is harmed by remaining without leaving, is it obligatory for him to divorce her such that he would sin by leaving it?

Answer:
No, he does not divorce her. If he made it a condition in the marriage contract that she travels with him, then she is legally required to travel with him. If he did not make it a condition in the marriage contract, then she is not required to do so. No, and he does not divorce her. He leaves her, travels, seeks sustenance, and returns to her. He does not divorce her.