Ruling on brothers gathering with their wives for food

Question:
The two brothers, Abdul Salam Ahmad Muhammad Yusuf and Abdul Mu'ti Hamdi, sent a message asking about two issues. The first is that they live in one house, and they are five brothers, and they gather for food and drink, men and women, and they all eat together. They ask about the ruling on this. May Allah reward you with good?

Answer:
Their gathering in one house is not a problem if there is benefit for them in it, and there is nothing in it that harms them, and there is nothing of the prohibited matters that would cause the anger of Allah upon them. However, if their gathering may lead to evil and corruption, then their separation is better. As for their gathering to eat, men and women together, that is not permissible. Rather, the men eat alone and the women alone. This is because the woman needs to uncover her face to eat, and take the mouthful with her hand among them, and she may uncover herself. So it is obligatory that she be separate to take her freedom in her eating, so that the men do not see her face, or her hand, which is an awrah (part of the body that must be covered).
So the point is: the women eat alone, and the men alone. Yes.

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