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Ruling on sitting & eating at one table with non-maḥram women from the family | Shaykh ibn Bāz

Questioner: "We are a family that sits at the same table for dinner. This group of people consists of brothers, their daughters and sons, sons of the maternal aunts and sons of the paternal aunts (cousins). Men and women, all sitting at one dining table. Is there an Islamic ruling concerning this which forbids free mixing? And in reality I'm not comfortable with this affair, however these are habits and traditions that are deeply rooted in us. Please benefit us, what do we do? Perhaps the family will hear this, so please benefit us, may Allāh bless you." Shaykh ibn Bāz: "This is an evil habit. It is obligatory to abandon it. It is not allowed for a man to sit with a woman that isn't maḥram for him, such as his cousins. It is obligatory that the women sit separately at another table, and that the men sit separately. As for a man sitting (at one table) together with his wife, his mother, his paternal or maternal aunt, then there is no problem in that. However, he may not sit at one table with women that aren't maḥram for him. The women should sit at another table. And this free mixing is forbidden, that which leads to a woman sitting close to (and touching) someone who isn't her maḥram or [leads to] him seeing her, etc. The whole of the woman is ʿawrah, so she may not sit with someone who isn't her maḥram, because he can see her eating, he can see her face, her hand (or forearm) or something else. So the intent is that this is something evil which should be abandoned. It is obligatory to abandon every evil habit. Habits & customs are evaluated according to the Islamic Legislation, and it is not allowed give them precedence over the Islamic Legislation. That which is obligatory, is that the habits & customs are evaluated according to the Islamic Legislation. That which is in accordance with the Islamic Legislation, is accepted and remains. And all of those habits & customs which oppose the Islamic Legislation, it is obligatory to abandon all of them. We ask Allāh for guidance for everyone. Naʿam." (Translation: Yasin ibn Jamal)