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Is working as a cleaner and cook in the home of a Christian, non-Muslim man, living with him and serving him food—with the exception of pork and alcohol—while maintaining hijab and prayer, considered haram?

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The aforementioned work is forbidden and impermissible due to the presence of khalwa (private seclusion) and spending the night with a non-mahram man. This is forbidden even if he is very old, based on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "No man should be in seclusion with a woman unless a mahram is with her," and his saying: "No man is in seclusion with a woman but Satan is the third of them." In addition to that, this work involves serving a disbeliever, and some scholars deem this impermissible as it entails humiliation for a Muslim. Therefore, one must repent to Allah, abandon this work immediately, and seek permissible employment.

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