ANSWER:

I don’t know the full story here but I have seen many similar cases where it ended in divorce as such enslaving of the wife has dire consequences in the future but it would have been too late then. 

She must get him to have counseling or she is better off without such a person with lunatic behavior! 

He can’t be better than the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam or his companions and they had never done such a thing with their wives! 

QUESTION: My nieces husband will not allow her to leave the house unless unaccompanied by him She is not allowed to sit in the front of the car with him She is not allowed to go outdoors with her mother or any other female relative She wears a full hijab He has said that even if she wears niqab he will not change his rule She is struggling with this and wants to know if it is permissible