Is it permissible to kill ants?
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The questioner : Actually, we have complaints about ants; flying ants, ants... wasp ants, so they come out with the spraying. Is there a prohibition in the Shari'ah against killing ants, or is it sinful?
The Shaykh : The same answer; meaning, if the ants are causing harm, and it is not possible to get rid of their harm by one means or another, as is said, "the last resort is cauterization"; do you understand?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for killing them directly without spraying them; this is not permissible.
The Shaykh : The same answer; meaning, if the ants are causing harm, and it is not possible to get rid of their harm by one means or another, as is said, "the last resort is cauterization"; do you understand?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for killing them directly without spraying them; this is not permissible.
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