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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
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