What is the ruling on the electrical device placed in shops to kill insects?
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The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : What is the ruling on the electrical device hung in restaurants that kills flies and insects?
The Shaykh : 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 bring a piece of paper and stick it to this device, it does not burn, which indicates that this is not from the category of burning but from the category of electric shock. Similarly, if a human being, for example, touched a two-hundred-and-twenty-volt electrical line, he would die without burning.
The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : What is the ruling on the electrical device hung in restaurants that kills flies and insects?
The Shaykh : 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 bring a piece of paper and stick it to this device, it does not burn, which indicates that this is not from the category of burning but from the category of electric shock. Similarly, if a human being, for example, touched a two-hundred-and-twenty-volt electrical line, he would die without burning.