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What is the ruling on a woman working as a bath attendant in a public bathhouse to clean and wash semi-naked women for a small wage to support her family?

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A woman's work cleaning and washing other women in a حمام (public bath) and her viewing of their awrah (private parts) is forbidden (haram), because looking at and touching awrah without necessity or need is forbidden. Therefore, she must seek permissible work.

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