The ruling on killing insects by electric shock
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, in some places there are devices for burning mosquitoes, flies, and others. What is the ruling on such devices?
Answer:
Yes. The harmful one is killed, whether it is an animal or other, or a mosquito, or whatever is killed. And if it cannot be killed except by fire or by setting up the known electric net, then there is nothing wrong with that, in order to ward off its harm. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, in some places there are devices for burning mosquitoes, flies, and others. What is the ruling on such devices?
Answer:
Yes. The harmful one is killed, whether it is an animal or other, or a mosquito, or whatever is killed. And if it cannot be killed except by fire or by setting up the known electric net, then there is nothing wrong with that, in order to ward off its harm. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3373] حكم قتل الحشرات بالصعق الكهربائي - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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