She says that she is a married woman with seven sons and daughters, and her husband frequently travels abroad for no pressing need.
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The questioner : She says that she is a married woman with seven sons and daughters, and her husband frequently travels abroad for no pressing need. When he returns, he becomes irritable and complains if anything is asked of him. He does not ask about her or her children, and it is as if she is saying: he is not her husband. He does not perform the prayer in the mosque; when he gets up, he performs it. He does not order the sons to pray, and if we order him to pray in congregation, he says: "If Allah wills, I will pray." Rather, he may combine the prayers when he returns from work.
The Shaykh : There is no power and no strength except with Allah. We seek refuge in Allah.
The questioner : He does not approve of her going out to visit her relatives and neighbors; rather, he is displeased with them regarding that. What is the ruling on this woman going out to her family and relatives? Please guide her on what she should do. May you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : Before I guide her, I guide this husband. I say to him: Thank Allah for His blessing in providing you with wealth, children, and a wife. Leave off traveling abroad. Traveling abroad is a deadly poison; wealth is destroyed, times are wasted, ideas change, and morals are ruined, except for whom Allah Mighty and Majestic wills. Leave off traveling abroad. Stay with your family and children; you will find comfort in them and they will find comfort in you. You will raise them and be rewarded for raising them. There is nothing in the outside world but evil and calamity. Therefore, look at what this questioner has told you: what happened to her husband? She and her children were the coolness of his eyes, but when he returned from travel, he was fed up with them, became irritable with them, and did not fulfill the obligation of raising them.
As for her, she must obey him except in the prohibitions of Allah. She must not leave the house except with his permission. Let her be patient and let her seek reward from Allah. Perhaps Allah the Exalted will compensate her with good if she is patient and seeks reward, by changing her husband's way so that things return to their proper course. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh. The questioner has used the initials H M for his name. He is from Riyadh and says:
The Shaykh : There is no power and no strength except with Allah. We seek refuge in Allah.
The questioner : He does not approve of her going out to visit her relatives and neighbors; rather, he is displeased with them regarding that. What is the ruling on this woman going out to her family and relatives? Please guide her on what she should do. May you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : Before I guide her, I guide this husband. I say to him: Thank Allah for His blessing in providing you with wealth, children, and a wife. Leave off traveling abroad. Traveling abroad is a deadly poison; wealth is destroyed, times are wasted, ideas change, and morals are ruined, except for whom Allah Mighty and Majestic wills. Leave off traveling abroad. Stay with your family and children; you will find comfort in them and they will find comfort in you. You will raise them and be rewarded for raising them. There is nothing in the outside world but evil and calamity. Therefore, look at what this questioner has told you: what happened to her husband? She and her children were the coolness of his eyes, but when he returned from travel, he was fed up with them, became irritable with them, and did not fulfill the obligation of raising them.
As for her, she must obey him except in the prohibitions of Allah. She must not leave the house except with his permission. Let her be patient and let her seek reward from Allah. Perhaps Allah the Exalted will compensate her with good if she is patient and seeks reward, by changing her husband's way so that things return to their proper course. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh. The questioner has used the initials H M for his name. He is from Riyadh and says: