The Ruling on Killing a Harmful Animal and How to Kill It
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Question:
Please, Ahmad from Riyadh is on the line with us. Go ahead, Ahmad. Peace be upon you.
Answer:
And upon you be peace. How are you, Shaykh? May Allah welcome you. Please, state your question. Shaykh, we have halal chickens and sheep, and may Allah reward you, one of the dogs started eating from the chickens, but it doesn't eat them; it just bites them like that and leaves them. So, I took this dog, may you live long, and you, with your generosity, supported it in the car. I mean, one feels a pang of conscience, so I don't know, Shaykh, is there a sin on me, or blood money, or anything? Killing a harmful animal is permissible, my brother, if it cannot be repelled except by killing it. If its harm cannot be repelled except by killing it, then it is killed, but it is not killed except with something that relieves it and does not torment it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 4412Sahih (Darussalam) Yes.
The presenter:
Also, regarding the harmful insects, Honorable Shaykh, such as cockroaches and others, and ants, yes, every harmful creature is permissible to kill if its harm cannot be repelled except by killing it, then it is killed, but it is not tormented. Yes.
Please, Ahmad from Riyadh is on the line with us. Go ahead, Ahmad. Peace be upon you.
Answer:
And upon you be peace. How are you, Shaykh? May Allah welcome you. Please, state your question. Shaykh, we have halal chickens and sheep, and may Allah reward you, one of the dogs started eating from the chickens, but it doesn't eat them; it just bites them like that and leaves them. So, I took this dog, may you live long, and you, with your generosity, supported it in the car. I mean, one feels a pang of conscience, so I don't know, Shaykh, is there a sin on me, or blood money, or anything? Killing a harmful animal is permissible, my brother, if it cannot be repelled except by killing it. If its harm cannot be repelled except by killing it, then it is killed, but it is not killed except with something that relieves it and does not torment it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Indeed, Allah has prescribed excellence in everything. So when you slaughter, do it with excellence, and when you kill, kill with excellence, and when you slaughter, do it with excellence.
ان الله كتب الاحسان على كل شيء فاذا ذبحتم فاحسن فاذا قتلتم فاحسن القتله واذا ذبحتم فاحسنواLet one of you sharpen his blade and spare suffering to the animal he slaughters.
وليحد أحدكم شفرته وليرح ذبيحته.The presenter:
Also, regarding the harmful insects, Honorable Shaykh, such as cockroaches and others, and ants, yes, every harmful creature is permissible to kill if its harm cannot be repelled except by killing it, then it is killed, but it is not tormented. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3466] حكم قتل الحيوان المؤذي وكيفية قتله - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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