The ruling on killing insects with an electric device
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His Eminence the Shaykh: What is the ruling on the electric device that is hung in restaurants and kills flies, mosquitoes, and insects?
We see that there is nothing wrong with it, and that this is not from the category of torturing with fire; because, as far as we know about it, the insect dies from the electric shock. This is indicated by the fact that if you brought a piece of paper and stuck it to this device, it would not burn, which indicates that this is not from the category of burning but from the category of electric shock. Similarly, if a human were to touch an exposed electrical wire, they would die without burning.
We see that there is nothing wrong with it, and that this is not from the category of torturing with fire; because, as far as we know about it, the insect dies from the electric shock. This is indicated by the fact that if you brought a piece of paper and stuck it to this device, it would not burn, which indicates that this is not from the category of burning but from the category of electric shock. Similarly, if a human were to touch an exposed electrical wire, they would die without burning.