Causing the death of a cat by locking it in the warehouse
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I was the cause of a small cat’s death. This happened when I locked the warehouse with it inside, thinking it was a rat, and I left it there for ten days. Then I came and opened the door, only to find that it was a cat, not a rat. I took it out, and it was expiring its last breath, and then it died. The question is: what is required of me? Because I was the cause of its death.
Answer:
As long as you did not intend to kill it, you owe nothing. Since you did not intend to kill it and you thought it was not a cat, you are excused in this matter and you owe nothing. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I was the cause of a small cat’s death. This happened when I locked the warehouse with it inside, thinking it was a rat, and I left it there for ten days. Then I came and opened the door, only to find that it was a cat, not a rat. I took it out, and it was expiring its last breath, and then it died. The question is: what is required of me? Because I was the cause of its death.
Answer:
As long as you did not intend to kill it, you owe nothing. Since you did not intend to kill it and you thought it was not a cat, you are excused in this matter and you owe nothing. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 06 — archive.org (1:01:53)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.