The ruling on comparing a driver and a maid to a male and female slave
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is your opinion regarding those who compare a driver and a maid to a male and female slave?
Answer:
That is wrong. The driver and the maid are free people and strangers; they are not the property of the employer. In fact, we have heard that some of them take pleasure in the maid and say, "This is my property, she is mine." He may adorn her, may Allah protect us from that. This is zina (unlawful sexual intercourse). She is not a slave woman under his right, she is a free stranger, not a wife and not a slave woman under his right. If he has intercourse with her, he becomes a fornicator, may Allah protect us from that.
Honorable Shaykh, what is your opinion regarding those who compare a driver and a maid to a male and female slave?
Answer:
That is wrong. The driver and the maid are free people and strangers; they are not the property of the employer. In fact, we have heard that some of them take pleasure in the maid and say, "This is my property, she is mine." He may adorn her, may Allah protect us from that. This is zina (unlawful sexual intercourse). She is not a slave woman under his right, she is a free stranger, not a wife and not a slave woman under his right. If he has intercourse with her, he becomes a fornicator, may Allah protect us from that.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب الجامع : باب الأدب — islamhouse.com (20:54)
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