If the non-Muslim female servant does not mix with others in a way that would reveal the Muslim woman's privacy, what is the ruling?
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The questioner: Even if ... the house.
The Shaykh: Even how?
The questioner : ... ... .
The Shaykh: I did not understand anything from you.
The questioner: It is not required ... in the case of fear.
The Shaykh: Fear of what?
Another questioner: That she reveals the girl's secret, meaning the woman's beauty that she has.
The Shaykh: Are you linking this statement to the previous research?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, what is your opinion?
The questioner: For example, the servants or maids, if this Christian one, for example, does not have anyone with her, even ...?
The Shaykh: What do you mean by she does not have anyone?
The questioner: I mean she is alone, for example, in the town.
The Shaykh: Does she not go down to the market to buy things and come and go? Does she not encounter any Muslim or non-Muslim women, or ...? How do you picture the matter in such a narrow way? And yet, we are going along with you even if it were so; do we change the legal ruling if it were so? Our Lord said:[An-Nur 24:31] or or or , these are not among our women, and the matter is ended. And so, we want, by philosophy, that since no one was there ... she reveals the secret to her; because the Lawgiver may prohibit something because it is feared, not certain, it is feared that it will happen. So, which Muslim can say that, by Allah, it is not feared that this lone woman will not reveal what she saw of her mistress's beauty and the like? No; the fear is present. Moreover, you picture the matter completely far from reality; because Muslim women today have not been saved from mixing, let alone non-Muslim women who have no lawful or forbidden in their view. I say a word to the heads of households: be vigilant that the servants they are employing are not to be in the company of those with whom it is not permissible for a non-Muslim woman to mix. We do not assume that she will not connect with anyone in the world at all.
The Shaykh: Even how?
The questioner : ... ... .
The Shaykh: I did not understand anything from you.
The questioner: It is not required ... in the case of fear.
The Shaykh: Fear of what?
Another questioner: That she reveals the girl's secret, meaning the woman's beauty that she has.
The Shaykh: Are you linking this statement to the previous research?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, what is your opinion?
The questioner: For example, the servants or maids, if this Christian one, for example, does not have anyone with her, even ...?
The Shaykh: What do you mean by she does not have anyone?
The questioner: I mean she is alone, for example, in the town.
The Shaykh: Does she not go down to the market to buy things and come and go? Does she not encounter any Muslim or non-Muslim women, or ...? How do you picture the matter in such a narrow way? And yet, we are going along with you even if it were so; do we change the legal ruling if it were so? Our Lord said:
not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers
وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ آبَائِهِنَّOr their women
أَوْ نِسَائِهِنَّ
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