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What is the ruling on bringing in non-Muslim workers to the Arabian Peninsula and to Muslim lands, and what is the ruling on the money and interest taken from bringing them in?

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The Shaykh : Bringing in non-Muslims to this Peninsula, I say to him: prepare for the answer, the answer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the Day of Resurrection, where he said:
expel the Jews and the Christians from the Arabian Peninsula أخرجوا اليهود والنصارى من جزيرة العرب
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1606Sahih (Darussalam)
And he said:
Expel the polytheists from Arabia أخرجوا المشركين من جزيرة العرب
Sunan Abi Dawud 3029Sahih (Al-Albani)
Let him know that death is near, and that this world will not remain for him, nor will he remain for this world. Let him prepare the correct answer that will save him from the punishment of Allah and that will save him from the bad consequences resulting from the increase of non-Muslims in this Peninsula. It is established in *Sahih al-Bukhari* and others:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) woke up one night with his face red, saying: "There is no god but Allah. Woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn near. Wake up the women in the chambers, for many a woman is clothed in this world but naked in the Hereafter." Zaynab said: "O Messenger of Allah, will we be destroyed while there are righteous people among us?" He said: "Yes, if the evil becomes widespread." أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم استيقظ ذات ليلة محمرا وجهه يقول لا إله إلا الله ويل للعرب من شر قد اقترب أيقظوا صواحب الحجرات فرب كاسية في الدنيا عارية في الآخرة فقالت زينب يا رسول الله أنهلك وفينا الصالحون ؟ قال نعم إذا كثر الخبث
If non-Muslims increase in this Peninsula, woe to them from an evil that has drawn near, an evil for them from an evil that has drawn near, and I seek refuge in Allah, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Woe to the Arabs, from the Great evil that is nearly approaching them. Today a gap has been made in the wall of Gog and Magog like this. ويل للعرب من شر قد افترب فتح اليوم من ردم يأجوج ومأجوج مثل هذه
Sahih al-Bukhari 7059
So I say to the one who brings in these workers, even though we have no need of them, I say to them: prepare the correct answer if he is asked on the Day of Resurrection about his action and about his contradiction of the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
expel the Jews and the Christians from the Arabian Peninsula أخرجوا اليهود والنصارى من جزيرة العرب
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1606Sahih (Darussalam)
Expel the polytheists from Arabia أخرجوا المشركين من جزيرة العرب
Sunan Abi Dawud 3029Sahih (Al-Albani)
And he said:
I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim. لأخرجن اليهود والنصارى من جزيرة العرب حتى لا أدع إلا مسلما
Sahih Muslim 1767a
This is my answer to the one who brings them in. As for what he earns from his work, if it is forbidden, I answer him with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
Indeed, when Allah forbids something, He forbids its price. إن الله إذا حرم شيئا حرم ثمنه
Sahih Ibn Hibban 26:35
So every forbidden eye and every forbidden benefit, its compensation is forbidden by this principle established by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):
Indeed, when Allah forbids something, He forbids its price. إن الله إذا حرم شيئا حرم ثمنه
Sahih Ibn Hibban 26:35
As for the one who says that the polytheists or the non-Muslims are more sincere than the Muslims, I answer him with the saying of the Lord of the Worlds:
And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. ولعبد مؤمن خير من مشرك ولو أعجبكم
[Al-Baqarah 2:221]
And a believing slave woman is better than a polytheist, even though she might please you. ولأمة مؤمنة خير من مشركة ولو أعجبتكم
[Al-Baqarah 2:221]
If his muscles are strong and his body is robust, let him answer regarding this verse:
And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you.ولعبد مؤمن خير من مشرك ولو أعجبكم
[Al-Baqarah 2:221]
And it is strange that some people bring in workers who can do the same work that Muslims can do, meaning the work they bring them for is not a work that Muslims cannot do well, but it is easy work that both Muslims and non-Muslims can do well. Then they choose the non-Muslim over the Muslim. The least of the harm in bringing non-Muslims to the lands is that the jealousy that was in the hearts of the believers first, and the awe of sheltering non-Muslims and being loyal to them and loving them, has been lost, except what Allah wills, until some people think that they are our brothers, indeed they call them brothers, "Brother So-and-so." Glory be to Allah, faith has been stripped from your heart until you made the enemy of Allah your brother. We ask Allah for safety. But how do we solve this problem we have fallen into, as the questioner said? First, it is obligatory upon us to call these people to Islam and not to despair of their Islam. But I have heard something that saddens the heart. I have heard that some of the guarantors, may Allah forgive them and guide them, when they see a caller calling their workers to Islam, they prevent him and say, "Do not spoil them for us." I seek refuge in Allah. No one says that if a non-Muslim becomes a Muslim, he is spoiled, except one whom Allah has spoiled his heart and blinded his insight. And we know that our brothers who became Muslims from these workers became much more sincere than they were before, and perhaps the Shaykh, Brother Mahmoud, knows about that. They became more sincere, more skilled in work, and better in character, and this is what is fitting for a Muslim.
And a believing slave is better than a polytheist, even though he might please you. ولعبد مؤمن خير من مشرك ولو أعجبكم
[Al-Baqarah 2:221]
We ask Allah the Exalted to guide us all to His straight path.
Source alathar.net

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