The maid entering the bathroom with the elderly man to clean it
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from France says: An elderly man lives alone in France and no one is there to care for him, so he asked the company to send him a caretaker to look after him, but they sent him a female maid instead of a male one, because in that country they do not have male servants. His question is: Is it permissible for this maid to enter the bathroom with this elderly man to clean it and care for him? And is she allowed to look at his private parts, or is that forbidden?
Answer:
It is forbidden. It is not permissible for a woman to be alone with a man, and a fortiori, she must not enter the bathroom with him, nor touch his private parts. This is not permissible. A man must be employed to help the man. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from France says: An elderly man lives alone in France and no one is there to care for him, so he asked the company to send him a caretaker to look after him, but they sent him a female maid instead of a male one, because in that country they do not have male servants. His question is: Is it permissible for this maid to enter the bathroom with this elderly man to clean it and care for him? And is she allowed to look at his private parts, or is that forbidden?
Answer:
It is forbidden. It is not permissible for a woman to be alone with a man, and a fortiori, she must not enter the bathroom with him, nor touch his private parts. This is not permissible. A man must be employed to help the man. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب حضور النساء المساجد وفضل صلاتهن في بيوتهن — islamhouse.com (1:12:39)
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