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What is the ruling on a wife refusing to travel to her husband due to childbirth, what is the recognized period for her to resume her normal life after a C-section, and does travel pose a danger to the infant in the first months?

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It is obligatory for the wife to obey her husband and travel to him to reside with him, and it is not permissible to delay this except for a valid excuse. The wife must reside where her husband resides. If there is harm in traveling due to childbirth or fear for the newborn, she may delay until the harm is removed, and the determination of the harm and its duration is referred to specialists. If the question is about marital intimacy, the husband may approach her once she has purified from postpartum bleeding.

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