The Criterion for a Woman Living with Her Husband's Brothers

A listener (H. M. A.) sent a message containing an issue in which he says: I am a married young man, and I have two children: Hajar and Abdullah. I live with my family in the house, along with my brothers and my cousins. My wife feels uncomfortable due to the mixing that occurs between her and my brothers and cousins. What do you advise me to do? Do you advise me to choose another house? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: Look at what is most beneficial. If your wife is modest and is able to avoid mixing that leads to bad assumptions about her, then there is no harm in her staying with your family. However, if the mixing is feared to lead to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) with your brothers or your cousins, and if she finds it difficult to guard herself against it, then it is better for you and for her for you to live independently in your own house, as this is further from danger. But if the house is spacious and she is able to guard herself against the mixing with your brothers and cousins that is feared to lead to fitnah, then there is no need to live separately. She can remain with your family in her own place and her own apartment if the house is spacious, and there is no danger to your wife from mixing, because it is spacious and she is able to be independent and stay in her place without mixing and without any hardship. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.