Is it permissible for the husband’s brother to sit with his brother at the same table in the presence of his wife, eating and drinking together?

The questioner : All right, Shaykh, there is another question, if you please. There is a young man, a committed brother from the people of the Sunnah and the community, who is married, but he has a young brother, a boy of fifteen years old. Is it permissible for him to sit with him and his family, or his wife, and for them to eat and drink together?

The Shaykh : If his family, his wife, is committed and wearing the hijab, and if she sits with her husband and his brothers and maintains her proper conduct, then this is necessary. It is permissible in the first place according to the Shari'ah, and it is necessary for the family, because in many cases the brothers have no shelter except the house of their brother. They are Bedouins who naturally live with their brother, and consequently they mix with the household. There is nothing wrong with this mixing within these limits, if the woman sits.