The ruling on being absent from one's wife for eight months or more

Question:
There is a man who is away from his wife for about eight months, and sometimes a full year. Knowing that this absence is for the sake of seeking a livelihood, is he required to do anything toward his wife?

Answer:
There is no blame on him if he is away to seek a livelihood, or to seek knowledge, and he leaves behind what is sufficient for his wife, or appoints one of her mahram relatives or her family to look after her; in that case, there is nothing wrong with it, if Allah wills, and no blame on him. However, if it is possible for him to keep the absence from being too long in this dangerous time, in these times filled with evils, if it is possible for him to keep the absence to a short period, such as four months, or three months, or to come to her from time to time, then return to his work during the vacation that allows him two days, three days, or one day a month, less or more.
He should strive to ensure that the woman does not bear any burden from this absence, and that there is no danger from this absence in these dangerous times, in which the callers to evil and corruption have multiplied. If he can, let him work; if he cannot, then an absence approaching this duration, from six months to a year, does not harm him if he leaves her what is sufficient with her family, or with his agent who is her mahram, or something similar to that.