Advice for those who boast about their maids and the ruling on traveling with a maid

Your Eminence! People in these times boast about their maids. Is there any guiding word in this regard? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: One should not have too many maids and should not rush to bring maids into the home; because this may lead to danger for the husband and the wife, and harms may occur due to seclusion. If it is possible for the wife to manage the household and be content with the health and ability Allah has given her to serve, that is better and further from danger; because the presence of a foreign woman in the home, where there is no one but the husband and the wife, is a great danger. He may be alone with her when the wife is away or goes to attend to one of her needs, or to the market, or to her relatives. The matter is dangerous, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: . So my advice to all my Muslim brothers is not to rush to bring maids, and not to be eager to bring maids as long as there is an alternative, as long as the woman is able to serve herself and fulfill the duties of her home, then that is better and safer.
As for in cases of necessity, that is a different matter. In cases of necessity, the matter is broad, if Allah wills. Barirah used to serve in the house of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave Fatimah a maid at the end to serve her in the house out of need and necessity.
So the conclusion is: that service may be called for by necessity, but if it is possible for the maid to be of advanced age and not beautiful, that is closer to safety. And we ask Allah for health and safety for everyone. Yes.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good. Your Eminence, since the topic has touched upon maids and the rulings that should be observed, many people ask about the ruling on traveling with a maid for Hajj, for 'Umrah, or for tourism. What is your guidance?
The Shaykh: She is dependent on them, like their freed slave or their owned slave, dependent on them. There is no harm in that; because she is compelled to go with them. But if there is, for example, a house where she can stay until they return, a safe house with safe women where she can stay with them, that is more cautious. But if they brought her to serve them while they are traveling for 'Umrah or Hajj to serve them, she is with them; because they are compelled to her and in need of her, and they brought her for this matter, so in this, if Allah wills, there is facilitation for necessity. Yes.
The presenter: So traveling without a mahram in this situation...
The Shaykh: She is dependent on them, like the owned slave they have and like the freed slave, like Barirah was in the house of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and like the maid was with 'Ali and Fatimah. Yes.
The presenter: Barirah was a freed slave.
The Shaykh: A freed slave, yes.
The presenter: Yes, but the mahram here.
The Shaykh: There is no mahram for the sake of necessity.
The presenter: For the sake of necessity.
The Shaykh: For the sake of necessity; because she is, for example, compelled to them and they are compelled to her, and there is no... mahram, because she may be from a distant land with no mahram for her there.
The presenter: Yes, may Allah reward you with good.