The ruling on killing an ant or a bee if they are causing harm
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The questioner:
And Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned yesterday in the lesson on Bulugh al-Maram that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) So what is the ruling on killing an ant or a bee if it is causing harm?
The Shaykh:
The one causing harm is killed from everything; this is the correct ruling. So if ants cause harm, they are killed, and if a woodpecker causes harm, it is killed, and if a bee causes harm and it cannot be repelled except by killing it?
The questioner:
No.
And Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned yesterday in the lesson on Bulugh al-Maram that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
He prohibited killing the woodpecker, the bee, and the ant
نهى عن قتل الهدهد والنحلة والنملةThe Shaykh:
The one causing harm is killed from everything; this is the correct ruling. So if ants cause harm, they are killed, and if a woodpecker causes harm, it is killed, and if a bee causes harm and it cannot be repelled except by killing it?
The questioner:
No.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/58 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:26:33)
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