Is it permissible to kill and exterminate insects or some harmful animals?
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The questioner : If it is harmful, is it permissible?
The Shaykh : If it is harmful?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, on condition.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That you adopt the easiest means of that.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Such as some medicines or repelling odors to keep them from coming out again.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So it is not permissible to proceed directly to extermination except after adopting the means mentioned earlier. If these means do not benefit, then it is said: "The last resort of medicine is cauterization."
The questioner : Meaning, killing is to be at the final stage.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
The Shaykh : If it is harmful?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, on condition.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That you adopt the easiest means of that.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Such as some medicines or repelling odors to keep them from coming out again.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So it is not permissible to proceed directly to extermination except after adopting the means mentioned earlier. If these means do not benefit, then it is said: "The last resort of medicine is cauterization."
The questioner : Meaning, killing is to be at the final stage.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
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