If a prohibited act occurs between the driver and the maid, what is obligatory? Sending her away or handing her over to the authorities?
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The Shaykh : So he should not eat with him, lest something of affection for him arise in his heart, and affection for a disbeliever has the same danger. Yes?
The questioner : Your Eminence, some people hire drivers and maids and keep them in their homes.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : And they keep them in their homes, and it happens that one of them sneaks to the other.
The Shaykh : ?
The questioner : That one of them sneaks to the other and harm results.
The Shaykh : Meaning a man with a woman who is not one of his mahram?
The questioner : Yes, not one of his mahram. Then the homeowner discovers this and sends them away to avoid problems, and covering up is obligatory. Some say: No, he must hand them over to the authorities so they receive their punishment and so that the rulings of Allah are not neglected. What do you think? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : First: May Allah bless you. We say to this man: You have made a great mistake, and you have a share of the sin of this transgression because you are the cause. It is not permissible for him to do this under any circumstances. How much more so if he is to sleep with her? This is one point.
Second: If the prohibited act occurs, what we see is that he should report them, because there is a benefit in this, which is that people will be cautious about hiring servants. This is one point. And they should be cautious about leaving a man and a woman alone. If the matter were only about the servants, we would say covering up is better. But there is a public benefit here so that people will be cautious about hiring servants, which has become a fashion and a source of boasting. So much so that a person hires a maid or driver without need. It was even said to me that some people have more servants than family members. You find a house with only a man and his wife, and they have four maids. Why?
Perhaps people will reduce hiring servants. Yes.
The questioner : But is it obligatory?
The Shaykh : The issue of obligation is something else, because obligation means sin in leaving it. We say: He should inform the authorities for the benefit I mentioned.
The questioner : Some say: What if you send them away and cover up for them?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Some people fear: What if you send them away and cover up for them, does that mean the rulings of Allah are neglected regarding them?
The Shaykh : Look, may Allah bless you. I told you the rulings of Allah are not neglected, nor excessive, nor deficient. Because he can say: It was not from me. And if nothing is proven against him, then nothing is upon him. But we want to observe public benefits. Public benefits take precedence over private benefits. Yes.
The questioner : Your Eminence, some people hire drivers and maids and keep them in their homes.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : And they keep them in their homes, and it happens that one of them sneaks to the other.
The Shaykh : ?
The questioner : That one of them sneaks to the other and harm results.
The Shaykh : Meaning a man with a woman who is not one of his mahram?
The questioner : Yes, not one of his mahram. Then the homeowner discovers this and sends them away to avoid problems, and covering up is obligatory. Some say: No, he must hand them over to the authorities so they receive their punishment and so that the rulings of Allah are not neglected. What do you think? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : First: May Allah bless you. We say to this man: You have made a great mistake, and you have a share of the sin of this transgression because you are the cause. It is not permissible for him to do this under any circumstances.
Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade a man to be alone with a woman unless she is with a mahram.
لأنّ النّبيّ عليه الصّلاة والسّلام نهى أن يخلو رجل بامرأة إلاّ مع ذي محرمSecond: If the prohibited act occurs, what we see is that he should report them, because there is a benefit in this, which is that people will be cautious about hiring servants. This is one point. And they should be cautious about leaving a man and a woman alone. If the matter were only about the servants, we would say covering up is better. But there is a public benefit here so that people will be cautious about hiring servants, which has become a fashion and a source of boasting. So much so that a person hires a maid or driver without need. It was even said to me that some people have more servants than family members. You find a house with only a man and his wife, and they have four maids. Why?
Perhaps people will reduce hiring servants. Yes.
The questioner : But is it obligatory?
The Shaykh : The issue of obligation is something else, because obligation means sin in leaving it. We say: He should inform the authorities for the benefit I mentioned.
The questioner : Some say: What if you send them away and cover up for them?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Some people fear: What if you send them away and cover up for them, does that mean the rulings of Allah are neglected regarding them?
The Shaykh : Look, may Allah bless you. I told you the rulings of Allah are not neglected, nor excessive, nor deficient. Because he can say: It was not from me. And if nothing is proven against him, then nothing is upon him. But we want to observe public benefits. Public benefits take precedence over private benefits. Yes.