Hiring a maid without a mahram
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The questioner:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I hired a Muslim maid, and praise be to Allah, she is observant. However, I learned that she has small children and a husband, and she came to Riyadh without a mahram. Is there any sin on me, and what is obligatory for me? Should I send her back to her country? I hired a Muslim maid, and praise be to Allah, she is observant. However, I learned that she has small children and a husband, and she came to Riyadh without a mahram. Is there any sin on me? What is obligatory for me? Is it better if I send her back to her country?
The Shaykh:
You have no sin in this; the one who sinned is the one who sent her. She did not come except out of necessity; had there been no necessity, she would not have come. There is no sin on you; the sin is on the one who sent her from the sea. When her term is completed, she is sent to her family. If you send her and she agrees, the contracts are binding. If you wish to send her back to her family, you allow her to return to her family, and Allah knows best. You know when he went to the recruitment office, he knew the result without… without a mahram. If he stamps it from the agency… and he does not sin, excuse me, Allah, you, because he knew from the beginning. He must adhere to the mahram, he must adhere to the mahram, he must have a mahram, or it is necessary. If he adheres, if he sends the mahram, he fears regarding the wage of the mahram. If Allah wills. And if he guides them without a mahram, let it be upon them. Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I hired a Muslim maid, and praise be to Allah, she is observant. However, I learned that she has small children and a husband, and she came to Riyadh without a mahram. Is there any sin on me, and what is obligatory for me? Should I send her back to her country? I hired a Muslim maid, and praise be to Allah, she is observant. However, I learned that she has small children and a husband, and she came to Riyadh without a mahram. Is there any sin on me? What is obligatory for me? Is it better if I send her back to her country?
The Shaykh:
You have no sin in this; the one who sinned is the one who sent her. She did not come except out of necessity; had there been no necessity, she would not have come. There is no sin on you; the sin is on the one who sent her from the sea. When her term is completed, she is sent to her family. If you send her and she agrees, the contracts are binding. If you wish to send her back to her family, you allow her to return to her family, and Allah knows best. You know when he went to the recruitment office, he knew the result without… without a mahram. If he stamps it from the agency… and he does not sin, excuse me, Allah, you, because he knew from the beginning. He must adhere to the mahram, he must adhere to the mahram, he must have a mahram, or it is necessary. If he adheres, if he sends the mahram, he fears regarding the wage of the mahram. If Allah wills. And if he guides them without a mahram, let it be upon them. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ الشرح الأول ]، بداية من باب التحفظ من الغيبة واللغو وما يقول إذا شتم — islamhouse.com (25:05)
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