Is it permissible to kill ants in the house, even if it is just one?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: When I am in my home and I see some ants, I kill them, even if it is just one ant, fearing that they will gather in our apartment and harm us. He asks: Is my action correct?
Answer:
It is not permissible to kill anything except what is harmful. What is harmful is killed: the snake, the scorpion, the vicious dog, and the harmful thing. This is what is killed. As for what is not harmful, it is driven away; it is driven away and not killed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: When I am in my home and I see some ants, I kill them, even if it is just one ant, fearing that they will gather in our apartment and harm us. He asks: Is my action correct?
Answer:
It is not permissible to kill anything except what is harmful. What is harmful is killed: the snake, the scorpion, the vicious dog, and the harmful thing. This is what is killed. As for what is not harmful, it is driven away; it is driven away and not killed. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [284 -582] هل يجوز قتل النمل في البيت، ولو كانت واحدة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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