Does the Wife Need the Husband’s Permission To Go Out Each Time or Leave Home Each Time?

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Fatwa ID: 06388

 

Answered by: Alimah Zakiratul Hoque

 

Question:

Does the wife need the husband’s permission to go out each time or leave home each time?

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

 

Women should not leave the home and go out (Badai Al Sanai, Vol 3, Pg 594). For a woman to leave the marital home without her husband’s permission is considered disobedience towards her husband (Raddul Mukhtar, Vol 5, Pg 286).

 

There are certain situations when a woman does not need her husband’s permission to leave the house. These include going to gain Islamic knowledge (when the husband is not learned), visiting parents and Mahram relatives (Fatawa Qazi Khan, Vol 1, Pg 383), and helping her father if he needs support (Aap ke Masaail, Vol 6, Pg 336)

 

If a woman frequently goes to a place, and her husband is aware and allows it, then it would be permissible for her to go without asking his permission on each occasion (Umdatul Qari, Vol 20, Pg 309).

 

It would be best for the couple to discuss and determine what they are both happy with to avoid any potential issues. If the husband has expressed his permission regarding his wife going out for certain activities, it would be fine for her to do so without asking his permission each time.

 

To summarize, a woman does not need to explicitly ask her husband’s permission each time she goes out. If he is aware of it and does not prevent her, or she goes out to fulfil her needs, or to a place where she is permitted to go without his permission, then she does not need to ask for permission each time.

 

 

و منها ملك الحبس و القيد ، و هي صيرورتها ممنوعة عن الخروج و البروز لقوله تعالي أَسْكِنُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ سَكَنتُم و الأر بالإسكان نهي عن الخروج و البروز و الإخراج إذا الأمر بالفعل نهو عن ضده ، و قوله عز و جل وَقَرْنَ فِى بُيُوتِكُنَّ و قوله لَا تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ مِنۢ بُيُوتِهِنَّ و لأنها لو لم تكن ممنوعة عن الخروج و البروز لاختل السكن و النسب ، لأن ذلك مما يريب الزوج ، و يحمله علي نفي النسب

و)خارجة من بيته بغير حق( و هي الناشزة

 

 

ليس للمرأة إن تخرج بغير إذن الزوج إلا بأسباب معدودة منها إذا كانت في منزل يخاف السقوط عليها و منها الخروج إلي مجلس العلم إذا وقعت لها نازلة و لم يكن الزوج فقيها ، و منها الخروج إلي الحج الفرض إذا وجدت محرما و يجوز للزوج أن يأذن لا بالخروج و لا يصير عاصيا بالإذن ، و منها الخروج إلي زيارة الوالدين و تعزيتهما و عيادتهما و زيارة المحارم

و قال ابن بطال و فيه خروج المرأة بغير اذن زوجها إلي المكان المعتاد للإذن العام فيه

 

 

 

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Alimah Zakiratul Hoque

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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