Is it permissible to employ a non-Muslim maid, knowing that she does not neglect her duties?
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Bringing in a female domestic worker is permissible, provided that the ensuing harms and religious prohibitions are avoided. The employment of a domestic worker from a different denomination is permissible, as long as her presence does not lead to a religious prohibition, such as one of the family members being influenced by her denomination. If she remains, it is obligatory to enjoin her to good and forbid her from evil, to invite her to the truth, and to advise her. If she insists on her denomination, then it is preferable to replace her.
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