What is the ruling on hiring a female servant without a mahram, given that the wife is ill?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: My wife is afflicted with sorcery, and we have confirmed this. Praise be to Allah, we are continuing with the ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation). My question, Honorable Shaykh, is that my wife is unable to handle the affairs of the house, her husband, and the children on her own. Is it permissible for me to hire a female servant who is not a mahram to her, since I am unable to bring a mahram with her?

Answer:
By Allah, the matter of female servants is a very serious issue, because it involves a woman traveling without a mahram, and sometimes seclusion (khalwah) occurs with her. Most of the hired female servants do not adhere to the Shari'ah etiquette; they do not observe the hijab, and they do not have complete modesty because they grew up in countries that are not observant. So there are real dangers in it. But if you are compelled to bring her, bring her with a mahram. Bring her with a mahram who works for you or works for someone else, and he comes to her and stays with her under this condition. Yes.