Taking a "secretary" for a doctor in hospitals, where her work with him sometimes involves seclusion.
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Abu Layla: Our Shaykh, if you would be so kind, is it permissible to employ a secretary for certain jobs, such as a doctor, an engineer, or a company owner, or others? We need the evidence for whether that is permissible or not permissible. Please note that at times, if it is a doctor, an engineer, or a merchant, there may be seclusion between the secretary and the employer.
The Shaykh : It appears that he is saying, "May Allah forgive you, Doctor!"
The attendees: Hehehehe
Abu Layla: No, not a doctor, a physician.
The Shaykh : Hehehe. I offer this answer to this question, asking Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, to grant me success in what is correct, in matters where people may differ. I do not say "in matters where people have differed," but rather in what has spread today among many of our Muslim brothers: the taking of what is called in the language of the present age a "secretary," meaning a woman who is not a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to the one who employs her. It does not concern me whether this employer is a doctor, a merchant, or holds any other position he performs, like many of the government jobs where male employees gather with female employees. So, although the issue is defined by the term "secretary," the issue in terms of today's reality is naturally broader, as is not hidden from all those present.
The Shaykh : It appears that he is saying, "May Allah forgive you, Doctor!"
The attendees: Hehehehe
Abu Layla: No, not a doctor, a physician.
The Shaykh : Hehehe. I offer this answer to this question, asking Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, to grant me success in what is correct, in matters where people may differ. I do not say "in matters where people have differed," but rather in what has spread today among many of our Muslim brothers: the taking of what is called in the language of the present age a "secretary," meaning a woman who is not a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to the one who employs her. It does not concern me whether this employer is a doctor, a merchant, or holds any other position he performs, like many of the government jobs where male employees gather with female employees. So, although the issue is defined by the term "secretary," the issue in terms of today's reality is naturally broader, as is not hidden from all those present.