Is it permissible for a woman to stay with her family for a longer period than her husband, who is traveling for Dawah, allowed, due to her inability to stay alone in her house or to communicate with him to seek his permission?
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A wife must obey her husband and not visit her family except to the extent he permits or with his permission. It is not permissible for a wife to leave her husband's house without his permission, unless there is a certain harm that necessitates her departure.
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