What is the ruling on traveling abroad and leaving one's wife for a year and a half, with attempts to return and being prevented by Egyptian authorities, and being unable to bring your wife to you in America?

If the question is about the duration, then it is the wife's right that her husband not be absent from her for more than six months, unless with her permission.

If it is about means of enduring the travel period, previous fatwas can be reviewed.

However, if it is about how to act in this painful situation, then patience is the believer's mainstay. He should try to return to his wife or take her with him if he can establish his religious rituals and ensure safety for himself and his family.