The ruling on buying and selling mice for drug testing
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There are mice that are used for testing. The tests.
The Shaykh:
Doctors use them.
The questioner:
A gift.
The Shaykh:
Buying them. There are mice for testing that doctors use for drug trials on them. Is it permissible to buy them, and also to sell them? It is not permissible to buy them, and they are forbidden. And what do you buy the mice for? You will be held accountable for them. They are currently present in the legal days, even though this act involves torturing the animal.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There are mice that are used for testing. The tests.
The Shaykh:
Doctors use them.
The questioner:
A gift.
The Shaykh:
Buying them. There are mice for testing that doctors use for drug trials on them. Is it permissible to buy them, and also to sell them? It is not permissible to buy them, and they are forbidden. And what do you buy the mice for? You will be held accountable for them. They are currently present in the legal days, even though this act involves torturing the animal.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/65 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:17:49)
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