What is the ruling on a non-Muslim maid cooking in the house?
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The questioner : Well, may Allah preserve your words, O Shaykh. If the maid who cooks in the house is a disbeliever, is it permissible to eat from her food?
The Shaykh : Yes, her food is lawful if you are safe from her, but how is it fitting for a person to bring in a non-Muslim maid when he can find a Muslim maid?
The questioner : My question, O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, is if she does not pray, though she may supplicate, but she does not pray.
The Shaykh : Do not ask me; she is a disbeliever.
The questioner : Yes, I am a disbeliever, for example.
The Shaykh : In any case, her food is not ritually impure; what she touched with her hand is not ritually impure.
The Shaykh : Yes, her food is lawful if you are safe from her, but how is it fitting for a person to bring in a non-Muslim maid when he can find a Muslim maid?
The questioner : My question, O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, is if she does not pray, though she may supplicate, but she does not pray.
The Shaykh : Do not ask me; she is a disbeliever.
The questioner : Yes, I am a disbeliever, for example.
The Shaykh : In any case, her food is not ritually impure; what she touched with her hand is not ritually impure.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2750- ما حكم طبخ الخادمة الكافرة في البيت/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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