Hiring a domestic worker to work for another person
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Question:
Your Eminence, the father, he says: I hired a domestic worker from abroad on the basis that she would work for another married man, whose wife is a teacher, and he was unable to hire her in his name at that time. Is there any blame on me for that?
Answer:
I fear for you regarding that; because the presence of a woman in the house when no one else is there is dangerous. However, if there are two or more, that is closer to safety and avoids seclusion. As for her being alone in the house while the woman goes to teach and she remains alone in the house, and the man might come home and be alone with her, that is a great danger. Leave the matter, or if it is absolutely necessary, have two or three so that seclusion does not occur.
Your Eminence, the father, he says: I hired a domestic worker from abroad on the basis that she would work for another married man, whose wife is a teacher, and he was unable to hire her in his name at that time. Is there any blame on me for that?
Answer:
I fear for you regarding that; because the presence of a woman in the house when no one else is there is dangerous. However, if there are two or more, that is closer to safety and avoids seclusion. As for her being alone in the house while the woman goes to teach and she remains alone in the house, and the man might come home and be alone with her, that is a great danger. Leave the matter, or if it is absolutely necessary, have two or three so that seclusion does not occur.
Source
فضل العلم وآدابه — islamhouse.com (48:27)
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