As Muslims we are obliged to take care of our domestic servants but it seems that many citizens, especially government officials and people from high class consider their servants to be children of a lesser god.
Recently a picture is circulating on social media in which a domestic servant is sitting in car’s trunk, the twitter user who uploaded the image claims that there was space available in the car yet she was forced to sit in the trunk.
A few miles before entering the Packages Mall we encountered this car (LEB- 5313, owned by Mr. Yasir Ahmed) who had apparently made his Maid (13-14 yrs old girl) sit in the car’s trunk. As visible in the pictures, she was balancing it with her hand, for letting the air in. (Cont) pic.twitter.com/YQlbPAQbz8
— Saad (@amjadsaad97) November 27, 2017
It is said that the domestic servant was a young girl, that’s another violation of the law which prohibits child labor.
but as they approached the check point, the guard saw her, and (without inquiring the driver as to why the maid was sitting in the boot when there was enough space inside the car), he laughed. That single laugh made her so embarrassed that she closed the boot completely. (Contd)
— Saad (@amjadsaad97) November 27, 2017
Such incidents reflects that people are far away from the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who even asked us to cloth our slaves as we cloth ourselves. People should know that these maid and domestic workers are human beings with a heart and feelings just like us. These people should ask themselves will they like to sit in the car trunk?