My salafi brother doesn't want me to go to the gym
Okay so this is not click bait, this is real.. My older brother who I live with doesn't want me to sign up for a gym. Mind you we're in a Muslim country! So this gym that I wanted to sign up for is literally only for women !! Anyways these past few days I've been checking out multiple gyms and I have finally found one that I liked. I was gonna go with my cousin because she wants to sign up too and I told him about it and he was like wait until he ask his scholars and shaykhs so I did just that. Last night he came to me and to me its not permissible!?! Like what??? He told me why he believes that, 1. paranoia, he said that even though the gym is only for women there could be cameras and the mirrors could be two-way or someone can post a photo and i might be in the background, anywayss it was a lot of what ifs so idec for those reasons. 2. its impermissible for me to see other women awrahs, he knows im not gonna wear certain clothes like i was just gonna wear a simple t-shirt and sweatpants but he started talking about other women and what they might wear. 3. he stated a hadith that i don't know the name of but it goes along the line of its impermissible for a woman to take off her hijab outside of her home even in a area only for women???? While he was telling me all of this I genuinely was so annoyed. He ended his speech with it's not necessary to go out anyways so it's better if i just buy equipment and workout from home. I'm not joking my body felt so hot from annoyance! I told him okay because I didn't want there to be any conflicts but it's the next day and I have to tell my cousin some random excuse as to why I changed my mind. I'm remembering why I wanted to go to the gym in the first place and that's because I wanted to use the treadmill. I don't walk often and I want to change that, but these days it's unbearably hot to walk outside. He knows this and said I can go early in the morning or at night... it's still hot, like the temperature might go down but I can't stand being outside when it's 80+ so why would I want to go on a walk when it's that temperature at night/morning??? Anyways I'm gonna call my mom to see what she says, I think she will see that he's extreme but because he's my older brother she might just tell me to listen to him. This whole situation is so frustrating!