The ruling on preventing a wife from traveling alone to visit her sick mother

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My wife wants to travel to another country because her mother is sick, and I am preventing her from doing so because she wants to travel alone. Is it permissible for me to prevent her from doing so according to the Shari'ah?

Answer:
It is obligatory for you to prevent her according to the Shari'ah. It is obligatory that you do not let her go without a mahram (a relative one may not marry). It is not permissible for her. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And it is not permissible for her. So you are preventing her from something that is not permissible, but you should seek reward for this and travel with her. Travel with her and seek reward for it. Yes, if it causes you hardship or partial harm, be patient.