Prohibiting Contracted Teachers from Traveling During the Spring Break

Question:
Another question we consider important. Your Eminence the Shaykh, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. His Excellency the Minister of Education announced the prohibition of travel for contracted teachers to their home countries during the spring break. We would like to travel to our families, wives, and children, at our own expense, and we are ready to provide all necessary guarantees for our return. We hope for your endorsement with the Minister of Education and the Education Department in Riyadh, and may Allah reward you with good, so that we can reach our families, wives, and sons.

Answer:
We discussed this last year, not this year, and he told us that he could not allow it; because he tried it with our Muslim brothers and others, and when they went, they would be late for the lessons, and some of them would miss lessons, so we found no solution except to prevent them from traveling during this short break, because it is a short break, so we had no choice but to prevent them from traveling, because if they travel, many of them are late. This one says he got sick, this one says something happened to his wife, and this one says something happened to him, so they are late for their return times. This is their excuse in this matter. So, it is up to them; we ask Allah to grant them success. We have no objection to it, rather we ask Allah for success for all of them.