All praise is due only to Allaah. We laud Him and beseech His

Obtaining the wife’s permission before undertaking a 
journey longer than four months
Under the commentary of the Hadith, the Fuqahaa have 
deduced that it is not permissible for a man to stay away from 
home longer than four months without his wife’s permission. 
Hadhrat Umar (radhiallahu anhu) was particular on this that her 
would not allow the Mujaahideen to remain away from home 
for more than four months at a time. The Fuqahaa have written 
that if a man desires to be away from home for anything less 
than four months then he does not require the consent of his 
wife, but if he is going to be away for four months or more, 
then he requires her happy consent. This ruling applies 
regardless of how important his journey is. Even if he is going 
for Hajj, then he needs her consent if he is going to be away for 
more than four months. This applies to all Deeni journeys as 
well, whether it be Tableegh Jamaat, Jihaad, etc. 
When this is the case for important Deeni journeys then all the 
more will it apply to business and other pleasurable journeys. If 
a man stays away from home for more than four months, 
without her consent, then he is depriving his wife of her right 
and he is committing a grave sin. 
Who is the best of people?
“It has been reported by Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (radhiallahu 
anhu) that Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said, ‘The 
most perfect believer in Imaan is he who has excellent 
character, and the best of you is he who is best to his family 
(wife).’”
[Tirmidhi Shareef, Hadith number 1162] 

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This is not classified as 
Israaf
 (extravagance)
The author states that once when he was travelling from some 
town back to Karachi, it was summer season, so he asked 
someone to book for him a ticket on the air-conditioned coach, 
and he gave the person the money. Someone else who was 
nearby commented that this was 
Israaf
, to spend on a more 
expensive ride. 
This type of understanding is incorrect and misguided. If one 
has the means and to spend on something which will make you 
more comfortable, as long as you are not transgressing the 
Shariah in any way is completely permissible. Such 
expenditure is not categorised as 
Israaf
.