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Ruling about hiring a non-Muslim maid [or servant]

Question: I sent requests asking for a maid to help my wife with her housework. I discovered, through letters, that they did not find a Muslim in the country that I wanted a maid from. Is it allowed for me to hire a non-Muslim maid?

Response: It is not allowed to have a non-Muslim maid or a non-Muslim male servant, or a worker who is non-Muslim for anyone living in the Arabian Peninsula. This is because the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) ordered the Jews and Christians to be expelled from that land. He ordered that only Muslims should be left there. He decreed upon his death that all polytheists must be expelled from this Peninsula. Furthermore, hiring disbelieving men and women is very dangerous for the Muslims, their faith, their behaviour and the upbringing of their children. Therefore, such must be prevented in obedience to Allaah, the Glorified, and His Messenger (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam), and to prevent a source of evil and immorality.

And Allaah is the One who provides guidance.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz
Fataawa al-Mar.ah