The ruling on a domestic worker traveling with the household for 'Umrah without a mahram

Question:
May Allah reward you with good. This questioner asks about a domestic worker traveling with the family, with the household, for the purpose of 'Umrah, knowing that she has no mahram with her?

Answer:
If the domestic worker is with the family, and no man is alone with her, and no fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) is feared from her, and she is with a family that includes women, then there is nothing wrong with her going out with them. This is because her remaining in the town while they travel away from her exposes her to more fitnah. And being with them, where they protect her and she is with the women, is less harmful than her remaining in the town. In any case, her traveling without a mahram is forbidden, but if she is with a family, then traveling with them is less harmful than her remaining in the town.