The Ruling on Killing Harmful Cats
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The questioner:
Among the questions that have reached us is this one from one of the brothers. He says: Is it true that a house in which many cats are kept will not have children born in it, or is this a form of pessimism and nonsense?
The Shaykh:
This is one of the falsehoods about which[Yusuf 12:40]. As for cats, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, Muwatta Malik 20:104 meaning that they pass through houses without the consent of the house owners. Yes.
The questioner:
Shaykh, he also asks about the ruling on killing cats if they are harmful?
The Shaykh:
A harmful animal is killed if its harm cannot be repelled except by killing it, then it is killed. Yes.
Among the questions that have reached us is this one from one of the brothers. He says: Is it true that a house in which many cats are kept will not have children born in it, or is this a form of pessimism and nonsense?
The Shaykh:
This is one of the falsehoods about which
for which Allah has sent down no authority
مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍYahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that he had heard that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, "Only the House frees a person in ihram from ihram."
صلى الله عليه وسلم إنها من الطوافين عليكمThe questioner:
Shaykh, he also asks about the ruling on killing cats if they are harmful?
The Shaykh:
A harmful animal is killed if its harm cannot be repelled except by killing it, then it is killed. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نورعلى الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7520 — youtube.com (13:03)
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