What is the religious ruling regarding a wife who leaves the marital home and goes out at night without her husband's permission, and rejects his advice, knowing that she is still under his marital authority and he does not wish to divorce her?

A wife's departure from her home without her husband's permission, for no necessity, is an act of disobedience that forfeits her right to maintenance. Her seeking divorce without a legitimate reason exposes her to the warning mentioned in the Hadith. A husband is permitted to refuse her divorce until she relinquishes some of her rights if she requests divorce without justification. Her going out with a driver is a reprehensible and forbidden act that must be prevented. If the husband is unable to prevent her, he should divorce her, and divorce may be obligatory in such cases.