Aslam

Praise be to Allah.

It is haraam for the wife to ask for a divorce for no

reason, and it is haraam for her to go out of the house for no reason

without her husband’s permission. But if she is being harmed as a result

of staying in her husband’s house or staying married to him, then she has

the right to ask him for a divorce. She has the right to leave the house

and go to her family so that she can escape from her husband’s abuse and

beatings. The husband has to fear Allaah with regard to what Allaah has

put him in charge of. The Prophet urged good treatment of women, and

Allaah commanded His Messenger SAWS (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon

him) to treat people on a reasonable basis. Whatever the case, if the

husband’s abuse is ongoing then she has the right to ask for the marriage

to be annulled, and he has to respond to that request, or he has to repent

to Allaah, and stop harming her.