The Ruling on Being Absent from One's Wife and Children Due to Work
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Question:
The questioner says: I have a job, Shaykh, that does not allow me to travel except at a specific time, namely after three years from completing the contract. My wife is demanding over the phone that I return to the children. Is this absence permissible in Islamic law?
Answer:
Your wife has a right over you, and your children have a right over you, and your parents, if they are alive or one of them is, have a right over you. So you should make an opportunity to visit them, even if it is brief, during your absence and during the period of your contract. Make an opportunity. Today, praise be to Allah, means of transportation and travel have become easy. So do not be absent from them unless they permit you to be, or unless you are unable to return to them, in which case you are excused. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner says: I have a job, Shaykh, that does not allow me to travel except at a specific time, namely after three years from completing the contract. My wife is demanding over the phone that I return to the children. Is this absence permissible in Islamic law?
Answer:
Your wife has a right over you, and your children have a right over you, and your parents, if they are alive or one of them is, have a right over you. So you should make an opportunity to visit them, even if it is brief, during your absence and during the period of your contract. Make an opportunity. Today, praise be to Allah, means of transportation and travel have become easy. So do not be absent from them unless they permit you to be, or unless you are unable to return to them, in which case you are excused. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/201 — archive.org (7:16)
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