The ruling on confining a mouse until it dies and the purity of its excrement
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. He says: I set up some traps for the mice in the house, and when one of the mice entered, I left it there for a period until it died, knowing that there were pieces of bread in the trap. Do I have a sin in this action? What is the ruling on killing the mouse, or confining it? And is its urine and excrement pure?
Answer:
Yes, it is not permissible to torture the mice and rats that are killed to ward off their harm; it is not permissible to torture them or confine them until they die. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1409Sahih (Darussalam), so he kills it in a way that expedites its death, and does not torture it until...
And you know the story of the woman who confined a cat until it died and entered the Fire, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us. A woman entered the Fire because of a cat she had confined until it died; she did not feed it or give it drink, nor did she let it go to eat from the creatures of the earth. So it is not permissible to kill these things that are killed to ward off their harm; it is not permissible to kill them by torture, but rather they are killed in a way that expedites their death and relieves them.
As for the excrement of the mouse, it is pure. The mouse drinks from it, and its excrement is pure, because it is lower in status than the cat. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 11, it is one of those that go around you. As for what is like it in creation or lower than it, it is pure; its saliva, sweat, and excrement are pure, because people are not safe from these things mixing with them in their dwellings, such as mice and cats, and hardship brings about ease, and praise be to Allah.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. He says: I set up some traps for the mice in the house, and when one of the mice entered, I left it there for a period until it died, knowing that there were pieces of bread in the trap. Do I have a sin in this action? What is the ruling on killing the mouse, or confining it? And is its urine and excrement pure?
Answer:
Yes, it is not permissible to torture the mice and rats that are killed to ward off their harm; it is not permissible to torture them or confine them until they die. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Indeed Allah has decreed Ihsan in everything. So when you kill, then do the killing well, and when you slaughter, then do the slaughtering well.
إن الله كتب الإحسان على كل شيء، فإذا قتلتم فأحسنوا القتلة، وإذا ذبحتم فأحسنوا الذبحة، وليحب أحدكم حبركة، وليرح ذبيحةAnd you know the story of the woman who confined a cat until it died and entered the Fire, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us. A woman entered the Fire because of a cat she had confined until it died; she did not feed it or give it drink, nor did she let it go to eat from the creatures of the earth. So it is not permissible to kill these things that are killed to ward off their harm; it is not permissible to kill them by torture, but rather they are killed in a way that expedites their death and relieves them.
As for the excrement of the mouse, it is pure. The mouse drinks from it, and its excrement is pure, because it is lower in status than the cat. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
about the cat that, “It is not
في الهرة إنها ليست
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم حبس الفأر حت يموت؟ وهل بولها وغائطها طاهر؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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