How can a wife deal with a husband who abandons her with silence for days, shirks his responsibilities, and refuses to admit his mistakes, especially after he asked her to go to her family and did not contact her after his return from travel?

To overcome marital problems, they must first be prevented, and the husband's impression should be changed through patience, by understanding the true reasons for his aversion or lack of interest. There must be mutual understanding between the spouses regarding frankness, apologizing for mistakes, and prompt reconciliation. The husband must know that estrangement (hajr) is only prescribed if advice and admonition prove ineffective, and it has specific guidelines, as stated in the Almighty's قول: (As for those [wives] from whom you fear discord, admonish them, and abandon them in bed, and strike them. But if they obey you, seek no way against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted, All-Great) [An-Nisa/34]. If the wife apologizes for her mistake, she should not be punished. Rectifying the relationship with Allah Almighty through remembrance (dhikr), prayer (salat), and supplication (du'a) is among the greatest means of mending the marital relationship, and patience ultimately leads to relief.