The ruling on a woman going out with her child without her husband's permission

Question:
What is your opinion regarding a mother who goes out with her child without her husband's permission? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
A woman is not permitted to go out except with her husband's permission. She is not allowed to go out, whether with her child, her brother, her father, or anyone else, except with her husband's permission. If he gives her permission and grants it to her, there is no harm. However, this is an exception in cases of dire necessity, such as if she has no means of sustenance and he has not provided her with food; in that case, she may go out to eat, and he is the one who is falling short. Or if an enemy attacks her and she goes out out of fear of the enemy, or if someone seeks to harm her person and she flees from the house out of fear of immorality or injustice; there is no harm in going out in such cases of dire necessity. As for going out without necessity, such as going to her father's or her brother's, she must not go out except with his permission. If he says, "There is no harm," she may go out; otherwise, she must not go out except with his permission, or in a case of dire necessity where there is no alternative.