The Ruling on a Man’s Prolonged Absence from His Family for Work
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Question:
Our brother also asks and says: If my circumstances compel me to be away from home for two and a half years, far from home due to my work conditions in Iraq and my financial situation, what is your opinion, Your Eminence? Is it forbidden to be absent for that duration? Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This duration is long. You should go to your family from time to time, then return to your work, unless the wife is lenient about it and there is no danger to her, and you know that she is lenient about it and that she is a chaste woman with no danger to her in that; in that case, there is no blame on you, if Allah wills. But my advice to you is not to do so, neither you nor those like you. My advice to those like you and to you is to go to your wife from time to time and not to prolong the duration; for prolonging the duration entails great danger for both you and her.
So you should go to her from time to time, stay with her for some time, then return to your work, such as: three months... four months, at most six months, then return to your work.
The point is: that you go to your family from time to time. Whenever four months... five months... six months have passed for you, you go to her and stay with her for as many days as Allah wills, then return to your work. And the shorter the duration, the better. The shorter the duration, such as three months and four months, the better; because the time is dangerous, evil is abundant, and trials are varied in this age. The husband should take care of these matters, strive for the safety of his honor and the honor of his family, and stay away from the causes of trial.
And those who employ them should allow him to do so and help him in good; because these are great matters in which cooperation in righteousness and piety, mutual assistance, and advising one another to truth between the worker and the employer are obligatory. May Allah provide everyone with success and guidance.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Our brother also asks and says: If my circumstances compel me to be away from home for two and a half years, far from home due to my work conditions in Iraq and my financial situation, what is your opinion, Your Eminence? Is it forbidden to be absent for that duration? Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This duration is long. You should go to your family from time to time, then return to your work, unless the wife is lenient about it and there is no danger to her, and you know that she is lenient about it and that she is a chaste woman with no danger to her in that; in that case, there is no blame on you, if Allah wills. But my advice to you is not to do so, neither you nor those like you. My advice to those like you and to you is to go to your wife from time to time and not to prolong the duration; for prolonging the duration entails great danger for both you and her.
So you should go to her from time to time, stay with her for some time, then return to your work, such as: three months... four months, at most six months, then return to your work.
The point is: that you go to your family from time to time. Whenever four months... five months... six months have passed for you, you go to her and stay with her for as many days as Allah wills, then return to your work. And the shorter the duration, the better. The shorter the duration, such as three months and four months, the better; because the time is dangerous, evil is abundant, and trials are varied in this age. The husband should take care of these matters, strive for the safety of his honor and the honor of his family, and stay away from the causes of trial.
And those who employ them should allow him to do so and help him in good; because these are great matters in which cooperation in righteousness and piety, mutual assistance, and advising one another to truth between the worker and the employer are obligatory. May Allah provide everyone with success and guidance.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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