The ruling on buying and selling laboratory mice
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there are mice used for experiments by doctors. Is it permissible to buy them?
The Shaykh:
There is what?
The questioner:
There are mice used for experiments. Doctors use them to test drugs on them. Is it permissible to buy them, and also to sell them?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to buy them or sell them, because they are forbidden. And what is the legislation regarding mice? Go and take a look at the mice; mice are found in the trash, even though this act involves torturing the animal, it involves torturing the animal, so this is not permissible, yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there are mice used for experiments by doctors. Is it permissible to buy them?
The Shaykh:
There is what?
The questioner:
There are mice used for experiments. Doctors use them to test drugs on them. Is it permissible to buy them, and also to sell them?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to buy them or sell them, because they are forbidden. And what is the legislation regarding mice? Go and take a look at the mice; mice are found in the trash, even though this act involves torturing the animal, it involves torturing the animal, so this is not permissible, yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 046-كتاب البيوع - شروط البيع - 26-1-23 هـ — archive.org (32:26)
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