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

It is impermissible for the wife to emerge from the home 
without her husband’s consent
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Regarding this matter, take into cognisance one other factor, 
otherwise one may get the ‘wrong end of the stick’. Many 
people who listen to only one side of a story tend to take unfair 
advantage thereof. As we had mentioned earlier that it is not the 
obligation of the wife to cook for her husband, but then on the 
other hand Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said that women 
are prisoners in their husband’s home, which means that she 
cannot emerge from the home without taking her husband’s 
consent. Just as the Fuqahaa have explained the matter of the 
wife cooking for the husband in detail, so too have they 
discussed the matter regarding his right to prevent her from 
emerging from the home. To such an extent that if the husband 
prevents the wife from going to visit her friends and family, 
even her own parents, then she has to obey him. However if her 
parents come to visit her then the husband should not prevent 
them from coming. The Fuqahaa have stipulated a period that 
her parents should not come more once a week. This is the 
wife’s right, that she her parents at least once a week. The 
husband cannot deprive her of this right, but notwithstanding 
this she cannot leave the house even to see them, without his 
permission. So just as it is not her obligation to cook for him, 
she cannot leave the home without his consent. 
They should ride the train through life together
This is an accepted fact of life, but the in order to maintain 
good relations each one of the spouses should consider the 
other. Hadhrat Ali (radhiallahu anhu) and Hadhrat Faatimah 
(radhiallahu anha) had also made this arrangement that he 
would attend to all outside matters and she to domestic matters. 
This is the Sunnat of Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and this 
is what we should practice on. The spouses should not hanker 
all the time after their own rights. They should divide their 
chores in this manner and Insha-Allaah Ta`ala all their affairs 
will be in order. 

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