What is the ruling on the locusts that are spreading in the Sacred Mosque?
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The Shaykh : This is an answer to a strange question. And the strange is usually the amazing. The question is: What is the ruling on the locusts that spread out in the Sacred Mosque tonight, and on the roof of the Sacred Mosque? Are they among the game that is forbidden to kill or drive away? By the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Fatir 35:15] [Al-Ma'idah 5:97] in [Al-Ma'idah 5:97]. [Al-Ma'idah 5:95]. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding Makkah:
And the answer to this question is that locusts are among the game. And it is not permissible to kill them, but if you step on one of these locusts unintentionally, you owe nothing, because that was not by your choice, but do not drive them away. And people complained or asked for an opinion about one that landed on their head. Should he remain silent and not move his head so that it does not fly away? Or should he not listen? The answer is that there is no harm in moving his head. And the frame, and he is not required to remain silent until it stays on his head, because when a person moves, he moves for the benefit of himself. And it is the one that came to this area and occupied it by force. And there is no harm in a person moving until it begins.
But if one intentionally kills a locust, does he have to compensate for it? By His saying the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:95]. The answer is that he has to compensate, but it is not like [other game], so he compensates with its value. What is the value of the locust? Yes.
'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, when it was said to him that the locust is worth a date, "The date is better than the locust." So if it has no value, then seeking forgiveness; the person seeks forgiveness from his Lord, and if it has a value, then he gives charity with its value to the poor in Makkah. This is the ruling of this issue that happened, and for every incident there is a new ruling. What? It is not named as haram, it is not named. No, they did not name it in the Haram. Outside the Haram. In any case, this returns to others; we do not know anything about this, but in truth they do not name it. Fine. No, as for that which does not have a sound mind, like scorpions, beetles, dung beetles, and the like, this has no ruling and there is no prohibition in it, and we now begin with what we discussed yesterday about forgetfulness in prayer, and about prayer and with prayer, where we said that forgetfulness in prayer.
O mankind, you are those in need of Allah, while Allah is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُAllah has made the Ka'bah
جَعَلَ اللَّهُ الْكَعْبَةَthe Sacred House, standing for the people and [has sanctified] the sacred months and the sacrificial animals and the garlands
الْبَيْتَ الْحَرَامَ قِيَامًا لِّلنَّاسِ وَالشَّهْرَ الْحَرَامَ وَالْهَدْيَ وَالْقَلَائِدَO you who have believed, do not kill game while you are in the state of ihram.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَقْتُلُوا الصَّيْدَ وَأَنتُمْ حُرُمٌDo not drive away its game.
لا ينفر سيره.And the answer to this question is that locusts are among the game. And it is not permissible to kill them, but if you step on one of these locusts unintentionally, you owe nothing, because that was not by your choice, but do not drive them away. And people complained or asked for an opinion about one that landed on their head. Should he remain silent and not move his head so that it does not fly away? Or should he not listen? The answer is that there is no harm in moving his head. And the frame, and he is not required to remain silent until it stays on his head, because when a person moves, he moves for the benefit of himself. And it is the one that came to this area and occupied it by force. And there is no harm in a person moving until it begins.
But if one intentionally kills a locust, does he have to compensate for it? By His saying the Exalted:
the penalty is an equivalent from sacrificial animals to what he killed
فَجَزَاءٌ مِّثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ النَّعَمِ'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, when it was said to him that the locust is worth a date, "The date is better than the locust." So if it has no value, then seeking forgiveness; the person seeks forgiveness from his Lord, and if it has a value, then he gives charity with its value to the poor in Makkah. This is the ruling of this issue that happened, and for every incident there is a new ruling. What? It is not named as haram, it is not named. No, they did not name it in the Haram. Outside the Haram. In any case, this returns to others; we do not know anything about this, but in truth they do not name it. Fine. No, as for that which does not have a sound mind, like scorpions, beetles, dung beetles, and the like, this has no ruling and there is no prohibition in it, and we now begin with what we discussed yesterday about forgetfulness in prayer, and about prayer and with prayer, where we said that forgetfulness in prayer.
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دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام لعام 1413 هـ - 14 — binothaimeen.net
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