Hiring a maid to assist the wife in household affairs
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman asks and says: I am a woman who faced difficulty during pregnancy and after childbirth in looking after the children, and in handling the affairs of the house and the husband. Is it permissible for me, according to the Shari'ah, to ask my husband to hire a maid to help me with the household affairs?
Answer:
We seek help from Allah. She must be in dire necessity of this. The maid must be a Muslim woman, and she must also observe hijab from men, and not be alone with them. Rather, she is to be with the family and the household, and not be alone with a man, or travel with a man, or be in seclusion with him. She must not uncover her face to them, but rather observe hijab from them. These conditions are permissible, if Allah wills, due to dire necessity. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman asks and says: I am a woman who faced difficulty during pregnancy and after childbirth in looking after the children, and in handling the affairs of the house and the husband. Is it permissible for me, according to the Shari'ah, to ask my husband to hire a maid to help me with the household affairs?
Answer:
We seek help from Allah. She must be in dire necessity of this. The maid must be a Muslim woman, and she must also observe hijab from men, and not be alone with them. Rather, she is to be with the family and the household, and not be alone with a man, or travel with a man, or be in seclusion with him. She must not uncover her face to them, but rather observe hijab from them. These conditions are permissible, if Allah wills, due to dire necessity. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/115 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (59:11)
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