What is the Shari'ah-prescribed period during which a man is permitted to be away from his wife?

The questioner : The Shari'ah-prescribed period for a married man who is traveling?

The Shaykh : What is it?

The questioner : The Shari'ah-prescribed period for a married man who is traveling?

The Shaykh : What is the period?

The questioner : The period, O Shaykh, the Shari'ah-prescribed period during which a man is permitted to be absent from his wife?

The Shaykh : This varies, may Allah bless you, from one man to another. The man may, I mean, he has, wait a moment, by Allah, wait a moment.
The student: Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh : Peace be upon you, how are you?
The student : May Allah strengthen you, and by Allah, we were very happy yesterday...

The Shaykh : May Allah keep you well.
The student : By Allah, 'Abd al-Rahman, we are very pleased with him.

The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward you with good, he is under your guardianship.
The student : He has good qualities.

The Shaykh : May Allah bless you, we ask Allah for that.
The student : By Allah, he is always good.

The Shaykh : I have a brother who came to me from Damascus yesterday, and he is suffering from tremors.
The student : Ah, trembling, shaking.

The Shaykh : And pain in his knee.
The student : Let him come to us.

The Shaykh : Listen, and he also has tremors in his knee and cannot walk except with great difficulty, so he is with me now.
The student: All right.

The Shaykh : And his coming to you is not like my coming to you.
The student : No, I thought of something else, I was in a hurry.

The Shaykh : Do not think, just listen, ah, so his coming to you is difficult.
The student: Correct.

The Shaykh : Even so, if it is not feasible for you to come to me, and the distance is a few kilometers, and perhaps you know the house.
The student : I, if Allah wills, will be able to stay with you until next Friday, or should I go?

The Shaykh : By Allah, this is what I did not understand, in any case.
The student : We will call.

The Shaykh : How? We will call.
The student : Yes.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The student : We will call and ask if he is traveling, he is on me.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The student : With Allah's permission.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The student : May Allah keep you safe.

The Shaykh : Thank you.
The student : You are welcome.

The Shaykh : The answer to the question varies depending on the nature of the woman and the nature of the man. If the man is the one who is absent from the woman, and the woman has strong desire, do you know what strong desire is?

The questioner : I know, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh: What is it?

The questioner : Which is the lust.

The Shaykh : The intense lust, ah. So if a woman has strong desire, she is not like the other woman who is cold; this one needs a short period, that is, the first one. As for the other, she may not care or think about her husband because she is cold. Between them are degrees and levels that no one knows except Allah. Then the husband who has lived with her is the one who estimates the period that he should be absent from her. Did you understand the answer?

The questioner: I understood, Shaykh.

The Shaykh : So, in short, it is not possible to specify a number of days because of the difference in the natures of women regarding what is called sex today, is that clear?

The questioner : Is that clear?

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : May Allah keep you healthy, and where is 'Abd al-Rahman?
The student : 'Abd al-Rahman, I think he is still at work.

The Shaykh : ... He has no work now, here.
The student : I told him...