Is it permissible for a woman to boycott her husband, not speak to him, and not obey him?

The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : I ask Allah the Exalted to gather us and you in the abode of His mercy, and I want Allah to reunite your family and rectify your situation. This is a woman who has a husband; more than forty years have passed since her marriage to him. She is not here, and neither is her husband. The woman prays the tarawih, fasts voluntarily, and strives for good. However, for about a year and a half, she has had no relationship with her husband because she has boycotted him, even though they are in the same house. For more than four months, she has not spoken to him or sought his permission to go out or come in. In fact, she does not care about him in front of their children; she may mock him and speak ill of him. Is that permissible for her? Does she sin by it? What is obligatory for her now? What should her husband do? And if her husband falls into something forbidden, does she sin by it? I ask for advice for her and for any woman in a similar situation who falls short in the rights of her husband, even though she performs some good deeds.

The Shaykh : It is obligatory for each of the spouses to treat the other with kindness, based on the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: If a woman rebels against her husband and does not give him his right, or gives him his right while being reluctant and annoyed, she is considered rebellious. Allah the Exalted said: It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): May Allah protect us from that. Therefore, it is obligatory for this woman to fear Allah regarding herself and her husband, to return to treating him with kindness, to remember the past of their life together, and not to deny kindness. Denying kindness, meaning denying the kindness of the husband, is one of the causes of entering the Fire, may Allah protect us from that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) admonished the women one day and said: The scholars said: "al-'ashir" is the husband, and the meaning of "you deny the kindness of the husband" is that you deny his right and do not fulfill it. So this woman should fear Allah, Mighty and Majestic, in the remainder of her life. Perhaps she has little life left with her husband. Let her return to the fold of marriage, and let her do good to her husband and their children, because if the children see the distance between this woman and her husband, it may cause something in their hearts. I say this word to this woman and to any woman similar to her. I also say: It is obligatory for men to fear Allah the Exalted regarding women, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) advised them in his sermon at 'Arafah during the Farewell Pilgrimage, where he said: So it is obligatory for each of the spouses to treat the other with kindness. Yes.