The ruling on killing a snake outside the house and killing birds during the breeding season

The questioner: Because our Shaykh, may Allah be glorified, meaning a snake, meaning today, may Allah be glorified, we were on a hunting trip and we encountered a large snake, meaning it could have been on the road, on the mountain, in the hunting area. My brother Khalid Hijazi was with me. So the snake stopped in front of us. We had climbed up behind a rock, you know, trees and rocks. When we came down behind this rock, we faced the snake in front of us.

The Shaykh: So you were surprised to see it in front of you.

The questioner: A noble face.

The Shaykh : Oh.

The questioner: And its burrow is nearby, so it started, it stopped in front of us and did not move, and we were standing and it did not move. I aimed at it in front of it.

The Shaykh : Ah.

The questioner: So it started to retreat backward, but in its way, of course, until it sat in its burrow and looked at the fire.

The Shaykh: Why did I not hit it?

The questioner: No, I did not shoot it because I did not know what, whether I should kill it or not.

The Shaykh: No, I understood that he shot it.

The questioner: No, no, I aimed at it with the beads.

The Shaykh: Meaning I did not raise it.

The questioner: Yes, I did not shoot it.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner: Yes, so I aimed at it until I said if

The Shaykh: Meaning he shot.

The questioner: No, I aimed with the. With the condition, but I did not shoot, I was afraid that it might be, I do not know what it is, I do not know the ruling, meaning.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner: So when it retreated and entered the burrow, I left it, and I said to myself, perhaps, if Allah wills, I will ask you what, meaning.

The Shaykh: You did well, this is the ruling. So that I can be sure about something.

The questioner: Okay, our Shaykh, this is harmful, meaning there are people in villages, meaning there are people whose houses are in that area?

The Shaykh: We say that since you said you wanted to ask, you did well in this.

The questioner : Praise be to Allah.

The Shaykh: If you see it in the house. Yes.

The questioner: I asked about its general ruling, so you showed me the detail in this.

The Shaykh: This story now, after you explained it, reminded us of the hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Farewell Pilgrimage, and they were at 'Arafah, a snake came out of a cave where the Companions of the Messenger were. So naturally it slipped away and ran, he (peace be upon him) said to them: You have been saved from its evil, just as I have saved you from your shirk (associating partners with Allah).

The questioner : Yes, indeed.

The Shaykh: Yes, so the snake outside the house, if harm is feared from it, it is permissible to kill it without warning; the warning is specific to the house.

The questioner: Yes, also regarding animals, our Shaykh, now in the bird breeding season, is it permissible to kill birds generally throughout the year, or is there a specification?

The Shaykh: By Allah, the original ruling is permissibility, of course, but if there is an Islamic system, not a Western law, yes, these Western laws do not consider, of course, the religious rulings, and therefore they have no intrinsic value. But if there is an Islamic system and it establishes a system by discussing this matter among the people of consultation, who gather from various scientific specializations, and they agree to prohibit hunting for some hunting in the breeding season, for example, then this undoubtedly falls under the rule of maslahah (public benefit).