Killing Insects with Electrical Devices
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Question:
How do you do it, may Allah guide you? You are asking about electrical devices that kill insects that approach them? They are electrical devices that kill insects as we indicate.
Answer:
By Allah, this is a point of concern, because this is the ruling of fire; this is burning. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade torturing with fire; he forbade torturing with fire and condemned burning ants with fire. This is not far from being like that, so this is a point of concern. And what appears to me, and Allah knows best, is that it is not permissible because it is burning with fire.
How do you do it, may Allah guide you? You are asking about electrical devices that kill insects that approach them? They are electrical devices that kill insects as we indicate.
Answer:
By Allah, this is a point of concern, because this is the ruling of fire; this is burning. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade torturing with fire; he forbade torturing with fire and condemned burning ants with fire. This is not far from being like that, so this is a point of concern. And what appears to me, and Allah knows best, is that it is not permissible because it is burning with fire.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب المياه - 4 — islamhouse.com (17:37)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.