Which is more preferable: going on trips to seek knowledge and leaving my wife with her family, who are people of sins, or not going?
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The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : I mean, I am married to a woman from a family that has some sins and circumstances. Sometimes we go on trips to seek knowledge or to call people to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and I am forced to leave them with their family. Is it better to leave them or to stay with them?
The Shaykh : If you go on trips, if it is a leisure trip, do not go out if you fear that your family will change if they go to their relatives. If it is going out to seek knowledge or to call people to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), then look to see if anyone can take your place. If so, staying with your family is better. If there is no one to take your place and the matter is obligatory for you, then go. But do not go far; return to your family before nightfall and be with them. Yes.
The Shaykh : If you go on trips, if it is a leisure trip, do not go out if you fear that your family will change if they go to their relatives. If it is going out to seek knowledge or to call people to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), then look to see if anyone can take your place. If so, staying with your family is better. If there is no one to take your place and the matter is obligatory for you, then go. But do not go far; return to your family before nightfall and be with them. Yes.