What is the ruling on moving to live in a Muslim country with one's wife and children, given the wife's refusal as she wishes to remain in her non-Muslim country to care for her family, and knowing that the husband finds it difficult to adhere to religious practices and raise his children with a proper Islamic upbringing in this country?
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A wife must obey her husband and move with him unless she stipulated at the time of marriage that she would not leave her country, and this condition is binding on the husband. If the wife is unable to move, the husband should strive to fortify himself and his family with knowledge and righteous deeds, and seek out programs for raising children. He can shorten the period of residence by traveling for Hajj or Umrah.
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