The Ruling on Preventing a Wife from Hajj and the Obligation of Her Maintenance

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is a husband’s son required for a wife to perform the obligatory Hajj? And is the husband required to provide the maintenance for his wife’s Hajj?

Answer:
It is not permissible for a husband to prevent his wife from performing the obligatory Hajj if she is able to do so.
If she has a mahram to accompany her and she has the funds, it is not permissible for him to prevent her, because he cannot prevent her from performing an obligation. He cannot prevent her from praying, he cannot prevent her from fasting Ramadan, and likewise he cannot prevent her from Hajj, because it is an obligation.
This applies only to voluntary Hajj. She does not perform voluntary Hajj without her husband’s permission. As for obligatory Hajj, she performs it even if her husband is not pleased.
As for her maintenance, it is obligatory from her own wealth. The maintenance for Hajj is obligatory from her own wealth, unless her husband volunteers to give her the funds. That is an act of kindness.