The husband's absence from his wife for six months to seek a livelihood
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on a husband being absent from his wife for six months for the purpose of traveling to seek a livelihood?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it. Six months is fine. He should not be absent from her for more than six months unless she consents. As for six months and less, there is nothing wrong with it. Some say four months[Al-Baqarah 2:226], measuring it by the ruling on ila' (an oath to abstain from one's wife). Others say six months, because four months is the period mentioned in the verse, plus one month for the journey there and one month for the return, which is the limit 'Umar ibn al-Khattab set for the warriors in his time.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: What is the ruling on a husband being absent from his wife for six months for the purpose of traveling to seek a livelihood?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it. Six months is fine. He should not be absent from her for more than six months unless she consents. As for six months and less, there is nothing wrong with it. Some say four months
For those who swear not to have sexual relations with their wives is a waiting time of four months
لِّلَّذِينَ يُؤْلُونَ مِن نِّسَائِهِمْ تَرَبُّصُ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ
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المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 09-07-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:08:10)
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