What is the ruling on bringing a non-Muslim maid or driver to Makkah?
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is the ruling on those who enter the Noble Sanctuary of Makkah with a non-Muslim maid or a non-Muslim driver, and they remain with them in Makkah until they complete their 'Umrah, and then they return?
Answer:
This is forbidden for them. A disbeliever does not enter the Haram; this is not permissible. The disbeliever remains outside the Haram. Therefore, the government established a line before entering the Haram; they established a line for non-Muslims so that they go to Jeddah or any other place and do not enter the Haram. It is forbidden for them. They should repent to Allah and take these people outside the Haram. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:[At-Tawbah 9:28]. After this year of theirs.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is the ruling on those who enter the Noble Sanctuary of Makkah with a non-Muslim maid or a non-Muslim driver, and they remain with them in Makkah until they complete their 'Umrah, and then they return?
Answer:
This is forbidden for them. A disbeliever does not enter the Haram; this is not permissible. The disbeliever remains outside the Haram. Therefore, the government established a line before entering the Haram; they established a line for non-Muslims so that they go to Jeddah or any other place and do not enter the Haram. It is forbidden for them. They should repent to Allah and take these people outside the Haram. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:
indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram
إِنَّمَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌ فَلَا يَقْرَبُوا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم اصطحاب الخادمة أو السائق غير المسلم إلى مكة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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