Is it permissible to kill animals that have been run over by a car on the road and still have life in them, such as cats and dogs?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh, and forgive you. Sometimes we find animals on the road that have been run over.
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : Sometimes we find animals on the road that have been run over and have not yet died. Is it permissible to kill them?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Sometimes you find animals on the road, such as cats and dogs.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh. Sometimes we find animals on the road, such as cats and dogs, that have been run over by a car or something else, but they have not yet died. Is it permissible to kill them? They still have some life in them.
The Shaykh : How? How?
The questioner : Their legs or back are broken, but they have not yet died. Is it permissible to kill them, for example, by running them over with a car or something else?
The Shaykh : And are they from the animals that are permissible to eat?
The questioner : No, cats or dogs or others.
The Shaykh : No, do not kill them.
The questioner : Leave them.
The Shaykh : If you see a sick animal, leave it, because it is not your responsibility. Perhaps it will heal, if Allah wills (Mighty and Majestic is He).
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Ah.
The questioner : Sometimes we find animals on the road that have been run over and have not yet died. Is it permissible to kill them?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Sometimes you find animals on the road, such as cats and dogs.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh. Sometimes we find animals on the road, such as cats and dogs, that have been run over by a car or something else, but they have not yet died. Is it permissible to kill them? They still have some life in them.
The Shaykh : How? How?
The questioner : Their legs or back are broken, but they have not yet died. Is it permissible to kill them, for example, by running them over with a car or something else?
The Shaykh : And are they from the animals that are permissible to eat?
The questioner : No, cats or dogs or others.
The Shaykh : No, do not kill them.
The questioner : Leave them.
The Shaykh : If you see a sick animal, leave it, because it is not your responsibility. Perhaps it will heal, if Allah wills (Mighty and Majestic is He).
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.