Is it permissible to work in the care of elderly Jews, men and women, including cleaning and washing them?
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The aforementioned work involves two prohibitions: First, touching non-Muslim women and seeing their 'awrah (private parts), and second, a Muslim working permanently as a servant for a non-believer. This profession is not befitting the dignity of a Muslim, and therefore, he must leave it.
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