What is the ruling on men and women who are not mahram (relatives one may not marry) staying in the same room?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, my wife, my sister, my cousin, and his wife and I came from a faraway land and stayed in one room in a hotel. What is the ruling on that?
The Shaykh:
Yes. He says: We came from a faraway land, my wife, my sister, my cousin, and his wife, and we stayed in a hotel. Stayed.
The questioner:
And we stayed in one room in a hotel. What is the ruling on that?
The Shaykh:
If the women are separate and the men are separate, and the women are covered from the men, then sitting is permissible. As for sleeping, it is not permissible for men and women who are not mahram to sleep in the same room. But sitting, if the women are veiled, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, my wife, my sister, my cousin, and his wife and I came from a faraway land and stayed in one room in a hotel. What is the ruling on that?
The Shaykh:
Yes. He says: We came from a faraway land, my wife, my sister, my cousin, and his wife, and we stayed in a hotel. Stayed.
The questioner:
And we stayed in one room in a hotel. What is the ruling on that?
The Shaykh:
If the women are separate and the men are separate, and the women are covered from the men, then sitting is permissible. As for sleeping, it is not permissible for men and women who are not mahram to sleep in the same room. But sitting, if the women are veiled, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم سكنى الرجال مع النساء من غير المحارم في غرفة واحدة؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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