Permissibility of removing harmful ants
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The questioner: Your Eminence! A man built a house on a piece of land, and there are ants on this land. Should he get rid of them because they have become a nuisance to him, since he built the house and the ants were there before him in this location?
The Shaykh: The ants do not own the land, even if they were there first. If it is not possible to repel them except by killing them, then he may do so. However, if you pour kerosene on them, they will flee. We have tried this with ants; you pour kerosene on them, and then they leave and relocate. So, if it is possible to remove them without killing them, that is better. Otherwise, there is no harm in killing them.
The questioner: It was said to him, O Shaykh: If you want to get rid of them, recite Surat al-Nahl over a metal water container and then pour it on them. Is this correct, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: By Allah, I do not know. What I have tried is kerosene, and also for ants.
And all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
And until we meet again, if Allah wills. I hope you will not put me in an awkward position, nor put yourselves in an awkward position, by asking questions after this, because I have a mosque ahead of me and the people are waiting for me.And I cannot say: The people held me back.Because they say: Why did the people hold you back?
The Shaykh: The ants do not own the land, even if they were there first. If it is not possible to repel them except by killing them, then he may do so. However, if you pour kerosene on them, they will flee. We have tried this with ants; you pour kerosene on them, and then they leave and relocate. So, if it is possible to remove them without killing them, that is better. Otherwise, there is no harm in killing them.
The questioner: It was said to him, O Shaykh: If you want to get rid of them, recite Surat al-Nahl over a metal water container and then pour it on them. Is this correct, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: By Allah, I do not know. What I have tried is kerosene, and also for ants.
And all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
And until we meet again, if Allah wills. I hope you will not put me in an awkward position, nor put yourselves in an awkward position, by asking questions after this, because I have a mosque ahead of me and the people are waiting for me.And I cannot say: The people held me back.Because they say: Why did the people hold you back?