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What is the ruling on a husband abandoning the home for three months without speaking or having intimacy due to anger, despite the wife's apology and the family's intervention for reconciliation proving fruitless?

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The Sharia has clarified the method for resolving marital discord and addressing the rebelliousness (nushuz) of either spouse. The abandonment (hajr) of the wife has regulations: the husband should only abandon her for nushuz, and the abandonment must be within the home. The husband's action mentioned is incorrect, and he should accept his wife's apology.

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