Covering Up from a Christian Maid and Giving Her the Mushaf
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this is a woman asking, and she says: We have a Christian maid. Is it true that we are required to cover up in front of her?
The Shaykh:
You only ask about covering up, and not about her staying in your house while she is a disbeliever and among your women. That is all you ask about. And there are Muslim maids whom you leave? Get a Muslim maid. Leave your benefit in the hands of your Muslim sister, and you will also be safe. You will be safe regarding your daughters and... Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
You read it to him, or you do not give him the mushaf unless he becomes a Muslim. The mushaf is not given to a disbeliever.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this is a woman asking, and she says: We have a Christian maid. Is it true that we are required to cover up in front of her?
The Shaykh:
You only ask about covering up, and not about her staying in your house while she is a disbeliever and among your women. That is all you ask about. And there are Muslim maids whom you leave? Get a Muslim maid. Leave your benefit in the hands of your Muslim sister, and you will also be safe. You will be safe regarding your daughters and... Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
You read it to him, or you do not give him the mushaf unless he becomes a Muslim. The mushaf is not given to a disbeliever.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب : قول الله - تعالى - : { أيشركون ما لا يخلق شيئا وهم يخلقون } — islamhouse.com (1:11:05)
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