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Hire non-Muslim cook if no Muslim cook is available and more experienced?

Answered as per Hanafi Fiqh by Darulifta-Deoband.com
We are hiring a non-Muslim cook for out office. Please let us know if this is OK to have a non-Muslim cook if following two conditions: (1) No Muslim cook is available. (2) Muslim cooks are not as good as non-Muslim cooks with regard to experience etc.

Answer

(Fatwa: 35/27/H=1433)

It is allowable, but you should keep on searching any expert Muslim cook as well.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband

This answer was collected from the official ifta website of Darul Uloom Deoband in India.