Going out to seek a livelihood for a year or two and its relation to ila'

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is going out to seek a livelihood for a year or two considered ila' (an oath to abstain from one's wife)?

Answer:
No, unless he swore an oath and he did not swear. But if poverty and need force him to travel to seek a livelihood, and his absence from her is due to seeking a livelihood, then he is excused. He is excused in this; there is no blame on him, because he is seeking a livelihood for himself, for her, and for his children. He is excused. And if it becomes easy for him, especially in our time with the ease of transportation, it is made easy for him to come to her, even if only a little in the year, then it is obligatory for him to do so. And if it does not become easy for him due to the difficulty of transportation and his need for the work, then he is excused in this. Yes.