The maid ran away and she has financial rights against her employer

Question:
May Allah reward you. We have a call from Khaled from Jeddah. May Allah welcome you. Hello, peace be upon you. And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah. Peace be upon you. Peace be upon you, Shaykh. May Allah welcome you. Listen. We had an Ethiopian maid who was bad at her work. The point is, before the first year was up, we let her go. We gave her the rest of her wages, and she transferred the amount to her family. After we sent the money, she started to rebel and be inconsistent and not work well. In the end, she ran away, and she did not run away except after she had taken all her rights and ensured that the money had reached her family, right? Right. And when she ran away, the father went to the bank by chance and got the money; no one had collected it, so he retrieved it. Is it permissible for us, Shaykh, to take this money and use it to bring in another maid, or should we return it to her? We have lost money on her visa and her work permit, and the pressure has been on for nine months. Now, the milk, Shaykh. Thank you, my dear brother.

Answer:
My brother, if she served and did the work, then she is to be given her wage. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And you do not take it from her, for she has toiled for it and earned it. As for the matter of her running away, that is a regulatory matter; you should consult the recruitment agency, and there are precedents for it that they will resolve for you. Yes.