The ruling on informing one's family of the time of arrival from a journey

Question:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. May Allah bless you. This questioner, Abdullah Salim, says: I read in a hadith that one should not shout to the family at night when one arrives from a journey. This was taught in the past, but now the matter has become ordinary for some people; they come at the beginning of the night, at the middle of the night, or at the end of it. Is this statement correct, O Shaykh?

Answer:
Yes, according to its apparent meaning. It is knowledge for the traveler to surprise his family without them knowing of his arrival, because if he surprises them, his wife may not be prepared for his greeting, and she may be in a state that is not fitting to be seen in. It was mentioned in another hadith: "Until the spouses separate and the one who was away is loved." The religion of Islam is a religion of praise and a religion of mercy after war, and this is general in all ages. However, in our current time, as mentioned previously regarding the existence of communications, if the traveler wants to arrive, he can call his family by mobile phone or telephone and tell them, "Wait for us at such-and-such time," so that they may be happy.