A woman asks: My husband is one of the men of da'wah who travel abroad and leave me in the house every three months, and I am unable to sit alone because I
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. This woman asks: My husband is one of the men of da'wah who travel abroad and leave me in the house every three months, and I am unable to sit alone because I have not borne children from my first husband nor my second. Sometimes he takes me with him, and he does not lower his gaze. I am unable to go to my parents' house due to their circumstances
The Shaykh : In what?
The questioner : She is unable to go to her parents' house because they have circumstances
The Shaykh : She is unable, yes
The questioner : And I want a divorce, so what is your advice?
The Shaykh : My advice, first, is to the husband: it is not permissible for him to travel away from his wife and leave her alone, because that exposes her to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and puts her mind at risk. It is obligatory for him to stay with his family and call to Allah in his own country, as every land of the Muslims needs da'wah, or to call in villages near his country, so that he does not distance himself from his wife. As for him staying to call while leaving his wife for this duration, we do not see that for him. We say, O my brother, caring for your family is better for you than going to a place far from them.
The questioner : ...
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. This man says
The Shaykh : He asks if she is allowed to request a divorce. We say, yes, she is allowed to request a divorce, because this is not good treatment (al-'ishrah bi al-ma'ruf).
The Shaykh : In what?
The questioner : She is unable to go to her parents' house because they have circumstances
The Shaykh : She is unable, yes
The questioner : And I want a divorce, so what is your advice?
The Shaykh : My advice, first, is to the husband: it is not permissible for him to travel away from his wife and leave her alone, because that exposes her to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and puts her mind at risk. It is obligatory for him to stay with his family and call to Allah in his own country, as every land of the Muslims needs da'wah, or to call in villages near his country, so that he does not distance himself from his wife. As for him staying to call while leaving his wife for this duration, we do not see that for him. We say, O my brother, caring for your family is better for you than going to a place far from them.
The questioner : ...
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. This man says
The Shaykh : He asks if she is allowed to request a divorce. We say, yes, she is allowed to request a divorce, because this is not good treatment (al-'ishrah bi al-ma'ruf).