Leaving the town when an epidemic spreads

The questioner:
Salih. The third question is from our sister Umm 'Abdullah al-Nakha'i from Yemen. She says: With this crisis and the spreading epidemic, when my family heard about the coronavirus, they decided to move to the village. They asked me to go with them, even though my husband does not object to my going with my family. I am afraid of sin; because the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says: If a disease comes and you are in a land, do not go out of it.

The Shaykh:
Yes, this is what is called quarantine. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the plague: If you hear of it in a town, do not enter it, and if it occurs and you are in it, do not go out of it. Yes.

The questioner:
So, does she agree with her family to leave with them, or does she stay with her husband?

The Shaykh:
If she is in difficulty regarding staying and being left behind from her family, then she goes out with them. But if she is not in need of that, she does not go out.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh