Employing non-Muslim workers and feeding them in Ramadan
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Question:
There are non-Muslim workers in our house, and they work during the day in Ramadan. When it is time for lunch, I get up and give them food at lunchtime. We are fasting and they are eating, while we do not eat. What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
It is obligatory not to employ them in this peninsula. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) advised expelling the disbelievers from the Arabian region. Therefore, it is obligatory that they not be brought in, neither for work nor for anything else. It is obligatory for you to keep them away and seek Muslim workers. As for disbeliever workers, it is not obligatory to bring them in, whether from India or from anywhere else; rather, it is obligatory to keep them away. It is not permissible for you to employ them in this peninsula. Yes.
There are non-Muslim workers in our house, and they work during the day in Ramadan. When it is time for lunch, I get up and give them food at lunchtime. We are fasting and they are eating, while we do not eat. What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
It is obligatory not to employ them in this peninsula. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) advised expelling the disbelievers from the Arabian region. Therefore, it is obligatory that they not be brought in, neither for work nor for anything else. It is obligatory for you to keep them away and seek Muslim workers. As for disbeliever workers, it is not obligatory to bring them in, whether from India or from anywhere else; rather, it is obligatory to keep them away. It is not permissible for you to employ them in this peninsula. Yes.
Source
شرح الدروس المهمة لعامة الأمة لابن باز [ مجموعة من المشايخ ]، فتاوى اللقاء المفتوح [ عبد العزيز بن باز ] — islamhouse.com (22:07)
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