Some women are lax about covering their faces in front of their husband's brothers on the pretext that they live with them. What is your guidance, may you be rewarded?

The questioner : Some women are lax about covering their faces in front of their husband's brothers on the pretext that they live with them. What is your guidance, may you be rewarded?

The Shaykh : We advise these women to fear Allah the Exalted and not to uncover their faces to the husband's relatives except to the mahram, such as the husband's son and the husband's father. As for the husband's relatives other than these sons and fathers, it is obligatory for her to cover her face from them, just as she covers it from the men in the market. In fact, covering it from them is more obligatory, because these are household members who enter, and perhaps Satan will sow discord between them. If she is beautiful, he will approach her in an ordinary manner, and perhaps he will cause her to commit some indecency without her knowing it.
Therefore, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . They said: O Messenger of Allah! What about the in-laws? He said: , meaning: Beware of them. Some people's laxity regarding this is an error. The obligatory thing is to fear Allah the Exalted, adhere to His Shari'ah, and stay away from the causes of fitnah, even if this contradicts the custom of people. And what contradicts custom, people reject it at first, then they gradually become accustomed to it, and the rejection disappears.