The ruling on praying in the mosques of the people of innovation, and hiring non-Muslim workers

Question:
A letter reached the program from Bahrain, sent by a brother from there. The pseudonym is (J. K. R), Bahrain. Our brother included nine questions in his letter:
His first question: We have an orchard about twenty to thirty kilometers away from us. I go there after the 'Asr prayer with my brother, and we pray Maghrib in the orchard, and I am the imam for him. At times we pray in congregation if some of the brothers and friends are present. I am unable to go to the mosque because the mosques near us are for a specific group that you know, and they pray late. It is not possible to return to our area due to the tightness of time and the danger of the street, which is crowded with children and cars. If I went out for prayer half an hour earlier, I would catch the prayer in the mosque, but this would cause me to lose supervision of the workers, who are Sikhs. They do not have a protected status (dhimmah), as he says. Is my prayer valid?
And what is the ruling on workers who are not of the religion of Islam? He has sub-questions, but if you would please, Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz, answer his first question regarding the prayer...?

Answer:
If the situation is as you described, there is no blame on you for praying in the orchard with your brother and those who are present with you. As for praying with the people of innovation you mentioned, do not pray with them; because they are not fit to be your imams, and you cannot be their imams. However, if it is facilitated for you to be their imams and pray with them, there is nothing wrong with it. But for the imam to be from the people of innovation is not suitable for him to be an imam for the people of the Sunnah. However, there is no blame on you for praying Maghrib and 'Isha' in the orchard, you and those who are present with you, because of your distance from the mosques of the people of the Sunnah. As for the presence of Sikhs as workers with you, it is obligatory for you to employ Muslims; because Bahrain is part of the Arabian Peninsula, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) advised to expel the disbelievers from it. So what I advise you is to bring in Muslims, and to remove the non-Muslim workers, whether they are Sikhs, or Christians, or Hindus, or others. It is obligatory to remove the disbelievers and bring in Muslims to work in the lands of the Muslims, especially in the Arabian Peninsula; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the removal of the disbelievers from it, and he advised at his death to expel the disbelievers from this peninsula.
So it is obligatory for you, O brothers, in every place to employ Muslims instead of disbelievers. This is not specific to you, but this is my advice to all the people of the Peninsula, in Bahrain, and in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and in Qatar, and in Kuwait, and in the United Arab Emirates, and in every place, and in Yemen, and in every place of the Peninsula. It is obligatory to remove the disbelievers and to bring in Muslims for the need in work. They are more deserving of your benefit and more deserving of your money than the disbelievers. But if Allah guides one of the disbelievers and he becomes a Muslim through your hands, there is nothing wrong with his remaining if he has become a Muslim. We ask Allah for guidance for everyone.
The presenter: O Allah, amen.