I have an older brother who is married and lives with us in one house, and the house is small, and my brother cannot afford to buy another house, and I avoid the place where
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The questioner : I have an older brother who is married and lives with us in one house, knowing that the house is small and my brother cannot afford to buy another house anywhere. I avoid the place where my brother's wife is, but sometimes I encounter her unintentionally and turn my face to another place to avoid her, and this is how our life is in this house. Please give us a ruling, and may you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : There is no blame on you in this, but it is not permissible for you under any circumstances to be alone with her in the house. Rather, if your brother goes out, you should go out unless he goes out with his wife with him. This is because being alone with a non-mahram woman is forbidden; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it and said:Sahih al-Bukhari 5233.
And he informed that if a man is alone with a woman, Satan is the third among them, and he said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1171Sahih (Darussalam). They said: O Messenger of Allah, what about the close relatives? He said: . The close relatives are the husband's relatives, such as his brother, his uncle, his maternal uncle, and the like.
On this occasion, I warn some people who are lax in this matter, where they go out of the house and only their wives and their brothers are left in the house, so the brother is alone with his brother's wife, and at that time, the great trial occurs, and perhaps the great sin.
In this case, if it is one house and it is necessary, we say: the brother should be in the men's sitting area, and there should be a closed and locked door between him and the woman, with the key in the possession of the husband, so that a person feels safe regarding his family from being alone with his brother.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : There is no blame on you in this, but it is not permissible for you under any circumstances to be alone with her in the house. Rather, if your brother goes out, you should go out unless he goes out with his wife with him. This is because being alone with a non-mahram woman is forbidden; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it and said:
No man should stay with a lady in seclusion except in the presence of a Dhu- Muhram.
لا يخلون رجل بامرأة إلا مع ذي محرمAnd he informed that if a man is alone with a woman, Satan is the third among them, and he said:
Beware of entering upon women.
إياكم والدخول على النساءThe relative is death
الحمو الموتOn this occasion, I warn some people who are lax in this matter, where they go out of the house and only their wives and their brothers are left in the house, so the brother is alone with his brother's wife, and at that time, the great trial occurs, and perhaps the great sin.
In this case, if it is one house and it is necessary, we say: the brother should be in the men's sitting area, and there should be a closed and locked door between him and the woman, with the key in the possession of the husband, so that a person feels safe regarding his family from being alone with his brother.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.