Is the husband sinful if he is absent from his wife for more than a year?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Many expatriates are delayed from their families for a year or more, and the woman may not be pleased, but she does not seek a divorce. Is he sinful in that if she is not pleased?

Answer:
Yes, if he is able to come and she wants him to, he should come, and he is sinful if he delays, because this is her right. Yes. As for if he is unable to be present, he is considered to have excused himself to her guardian, yes, and nothing is required of him, yes.