Providing food to a Christian maid during the daytime of Ramadan
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The questioner:
This questioner says: The month of Ramadan has come upon us, and we have a Christian maid in our house. Is it permissible for us to provide her with breakfast and lunch during the daytime of Ramadan? And does this count as assisting in what is wrong?
The Shaykh:
Why do you bring in non-Muslims when there are Muslim women available in the world? You bring in a Christian or other non-Muslim and put her in your house with your children? This is not permissible. It is not permissible to bring non-Muslims into the lands of the Muslims. The need for service is intense. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Drive them out”Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1606Sahih (Darussalam). Two religions are not to remain in the Arabian Peninsula.
It is permissible to use servants for electricity, absolutely not. Rather, they are to be used by those with expertise and those in jobs where they do not serve in houses, but rather serve in companies or factories, meaning they have expertise in this. There is nothing wrong with that. As for using them as servants, that is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
Is it permissible to provide her with food during the daytime of Ramadan?
The Shaykh:
I said, do not keep her with you. Do not ask about the food. Do not keep her with you. It is not permissible. Send her away. End it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner says: The month of Ramadan has come upon us, and we have a Christian maid in our house. Is it permissible for us to provide her with breakfast and lunch during the daytime of Ramadan? And does this count as assisting in what is wrong?
The Shaykh:
Why do you bring in non-Muslims when there are Muslim women available in the world? You bring in a Christian or other non-Muslim and put her in your house with your children? This is not permissible. It is not permissible to bring non-Muslims into the lands of the Muslims. The need for service is intense. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Drive them out”
the Jews and the Christians from the Arabian Peninsula
اليهود والنصارى من جزيرة العربIt is permissible to use servants for electricity, absolutely not. Rather, they are to be used by those with expertise and those in jobs where they do not serve in houses, but rather serve in companies or factories, meaning they have expertise in this. There is nothing wrong with that. As for using them as servants, that is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
Is it permissible to provide her with food during the daytime of Ramadan?
The Shaykh:
I said, do not keep her with you. Do not ask about the food. Do not keep her with you. It is not permissible. Send her away. End it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح نواقض الإسلام، نواقض الإسلام 19-08-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (26:37)
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