The maids usually come without a mahram, and the one who brings this maid travels with her, and there is no mahram with her. What is your guidance?

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. People have been afflicted in recent times with maids. Shaykh Salih, naturally, in most cases, I come to you regarding a maid without a mahram. Then the one who brings this maid travels with her, going and coming, and there is no mahram with her. What is your guidance?

Answer:
These are two prohibited matters, indeed, they are warnings. The first prohibition is bringing her in without a mahram, and this is haram (forbidden). The second prohibition is being alone with her, traveling with her as if she were one of his daughters or one of his wives or one of his mahrams. This is not permissible because she is a foreign woman; it is not permissible for him to travel with her if she is not a mahram to him, and it is not permissible for him to be alone with her.
The second prohibition is that this maid may be a disbeliever, or one who claims to be Muslim but is lax in her religion or in her modesty. Consequently, fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) arises from her and through her. Perhaps she will influence his daughters and his women, and perhaps the wicked will become attached to her and commit lewd acts with her. This would be under his guarantee and under his bringing her in, making him a partner in the sin, may Allah protect us from that. The bottom line is that the issue of domestic workers is very dangerous. It is obligatory for Muslims to fear Allah in this serious matter in which many people have been lax. There is no power and no strength except with Allah.