Is a female employer entitled to prevent her female domestic worker from using a mobile phone permanently, and to allow her to use it once a week, after discovering she has multiple relationships with foreign men?
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The employer does not have the right to prevent the maid from owning her personal phone. The fundamental principle is to have a good opinion of her, for Allah Almighty says: "O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin." If she commits a wrongdoing, she should be advised with wisdom. If her corruption is feared, then she should be dismissed; because the presence of maids can be a cause of many evils.
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