What is the ruling on employing a non-Muslim maid and her entering Makkah?
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Question:
This questioner says: What is the ruling for one who has a non-Muslim maid and lives around Makkah, and sometimes has to pass through Makkah? Does he owe anything?
Answer:
First of all, it is not permissible for him to bring a non-Muslim maid into his house with his Muslim daughters and sons, and praise be to Allah, as night watchmen. He should bring a Muslim maid. Second, it is not permissible for him to bring her into the Haram. A disbeliever and one who associates partners with Allah do not enter the Haram, meaning within the miles. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Tawbah 9:28], meaning after the ninth year of the Hijrah, they do not enter al-Masjid al-Haram, meaning the Haram is specific to the mosque at the Ka'bah only; they do not enter the entire Haram.
This questioner says: What is the ruling for one who has a non-Muslim maid and lives around Makkah, and sometimes has to pass through Makkah? Does he owe anything?
Answer:
First of all, it is not permissible for him to bring a non-Muslim maid into his house with his Muslim daughters and sons, and praise be to Allah, as night watchmen. He should bring a Muslim maid. Second, it is not permissible for him to bring her into the Haram. A disbeliever and one who associates partners with Allah do not enter the Haram, meaning within the miles. Allah the Exalted said:
O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌ فَلَا يَقْرَبُوا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَٰذَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الاستعانة بخادمة غير مسلمة ودخولها مكة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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