Is a wife entitled to refuse to emigrate in the cause of Allah with her husband, out of a desire for the stability of her five children?
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If by "migration for the sake of Allah" you mean leaving a land where indecencies are widespread, and you fear falling into them yourselves or your children, then migration is obligatory upon you.
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