I have a dev job and I earn good. More than enough at this age when I'm single.

My brother lost his business and has been sitting idle for more than 3 months now. Family gets cash but brother has nothing to do. He's into business and I don't even know what's going on in his life. I can help him with money and all but no idea how to ask, I'm younger and it will require a lot amount of guts for me to him, even when I ask I don't think he will tell me straight.

idk how your relationship with him works, but with my older siblings i always got looked after, they were always there for me. if they needed help, I'd just tell them straight out that I'd help them if they wanted, and let them decide if that was something they'd let me do

I don't have experience with this situation specifically, but similar, and what I do is just casually mention, that if they need some money I can loan them, they just have to ask me.

Really you can't force money on anyone, and chances are they will refuse, which is actually probably good, because if you tell someone you gonna give them free money and they just say "oh yeah?! Great!" That's a huge red flag.

Also 3 months isn't that long. I lost my job for 3 months when covid hit and I didn't really feel it that much. For a month it even felt nice to have extra time... It's only after a month or two I even started being annoyed by having too much time on my hands, despite trying to fill it with personal projects.

Just make sure he knows you can help if he really needs it.

Yhanks people, I don't generally do ot directly as it's too bold, I told other close family members that if he needs money, tell me I'm there.

Dude, he's your brother. Just ask. I know that's what I'd do with my brother (either giving OR asking) for money.