Ruling on hiring maids without a mahram
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Is it permissible, O Shaykh, to hire maids if there is a dire necessity: a woman who has no daughters, but there is a young man in the same house?
By Allah, what we see is that it is not permissible to hire maids except with a mahram. This is one point.
The second: It must be that there is a dire necessity.
The questioner: Her necessity is that she is old and unable to serve.
The Shaykh: And does she not have a son’s wife?The questioner: She has [children], but the sons are scattered.
The Shaykh: In the house?The questioner: There is only a young man in the house.
The Shaykh: No.
It is not permissible.
The questioner: Good. Is it permissible for one of the sons to refuse to pay the maid's salary?The Shaykh: Yes.
It is permissible for him.
By Allah, what we see is that it is not permissible to hire maids except with a mahram. This is one point.
The second: It must be that there is a dire necessity.
The questioner: Her necessity is that she is old and unable to serve.
The Shaykh: And does she not have a son’s wife?The questioner: She has [children], but the sons are scattered.
The Shaykh: In the house?The questioner: There is only a young man in the house.
The Shaykh: No.
It is not permissible.
The questioner: Good. Is it permissible for one of the sons to refuse to pay the maid's salary?The Shaykh: Yes.
It is permissible for him.