Question:
Dear Mufti Sahib,
May Allah give you great Jazaa as you always give elaborate answers to me, Hazrat I live in Japan and I have to work here till February next year. My wife is pregnant and its becoming difficult for her to manage here alone and she wants to go back to Pakistan for the delivery of child, the reason being her loneliness & bepardgi (Hijaab) because of male doctors.
Its expensive for me to go with her and then come back and join my job here in Japan, is there any relaxation in sending her alone through some direct airline , I would take her to airport in Burqah and she will be picked up by her relatives there in Pakistan.
Answer:
If you are going to undergo great financial difficulty by accompanying your wife on her journey, then you are allowed to send her on her own on a direct flight to Pakistan, observing the procedures mentioned in your question.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
Mufti Muhammad Ashraf
Darul Iftaa
Jameah Mahmoodiyah
Springs
23 August 2005
17 Rajab 1426