Her husband is lax in prayer and does not pray the obligatory prayers in congregation, and he prevents her from visiting relatives

Question:
May Allah reward you. The sender, Nun 'Ayn, says to the Honorable Shaykh (may Allah preserve him): My husband does not perform the five daily prayers; he does not perform the five daily prayers in the mosque, but performs them at home, and sometimes the time for them passes without him having performed them. He travels abroad frequently and prevents me from visiting relatives and neighbors, except in some cases where he allows me to visit relatives. I advise him to perform the prayer in congregation, so what is the ruling on my remaining with him? And I sometimes visit relatives and neighbors and go to the market to attend to necessities secretly, without his knowledge, because he gets angry and does not allow me to do so. Moreover, he does not fulfill his obligatory marital rights, for he does not sit with me or speak to me, and if I say something to him about some matters of the house or the children, he gets angry. So what do you advise us? May Allah reward you with good, and I ask that you supplicate for his guidance.

Answer:
As for his prayer at home without an excuse, abandoning the congregational prayer is forbidden for him, and he is sinful and has committed a major sin among the major sins. This is because the congregational prayer is obligatory, and because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to burn down the houses of those who lag behind in the congregational prayer. He said, “Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not respond, there is no prayer for him except one who has an excuse.” This is evidence of the obligation of the congregational prayer and the prohibition of lagging behind it, and that it is obligatory for the one in authority to punish the one who lags behind until he performs the prayer. So it is obligatory for him to fear Allah, to pray in the mosque with the congregation of Muslims, and to respond to the call, because he is a Muslim and should not be lax in the congregational prayer. As for your going out of the house, it is not permissible except with his permission. He has the right over you to obedience and remaining in the house, so it is not permissible for you to go out of the house except with his permission. If he gives permission, it is permissible for you, otherwise it is not lawful for you to go out, and you remain in the house. Yes.