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The Meaning of the Hadith: Five Vermin That Are to Be Killed in the Sacred and Non-Sacred Areas

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Question:
Also, our Shaykh, a questioner says: The hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
There are five kinds of vermin which may be killed out and inside the Haramخمس فواسق يقتلن في الحل والحرم
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2881Sahih (Darussalam)
the hadith. He says: Is it necessary to harm them or to drive them into a corner?

Answer:
No, they are killed in the sacred and non-sacred areas, and so are the scorpions and house snakes that warn and drive away. As for these harmful creatures, they are killed without warning them.
Source قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 28 / ‫فتاوى على الهواء - 20 10 1436هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (5:40)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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