What is the ruling on killing the ants that are in houses?
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The Shaykh : He says: We find that ants have spread, especially in houses, and their danger has become a reality and their harm is present. Is this true? And where is it, O Salih, that they are spreading in houses and their danger is present?
The questioner : It exists, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How many ants are in a house in Makkah?
The questioner : I mean, O Shaykh, we have an organization for combating...
The Shaykh : Leave the organizations alone; these organizations are greedy, they want money, they do not care.
The questioner : I mean, we found in one of the houses, O Shaykh, that some decoration was done...
The Shaykh : Who is it?! The ants! The ants did the decoration?
The questioner : The ants have been dealt with, O Shaykh. There are even ants called white ants, O Shaykh, and their danger is...
The Shaykh : We have not reached the black ants yet, but in any case, the ants, praise be to Allah, are actually few. These ants are few, but the small ants, the tiny ones, are very numerous and harmful to people, especially in reinforced concrete houses, because they come under the tiles and bring out the sand. If they bring out the sand under the tiles, the tiles fall, and this is a harm. But we found a remedy for them, a beneficial remedy without killing them: pour kerosene on them. Do you know kerosene? They no longer come; they move away. We tried this in our first house and in our second house.
The questioner : They do not die, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Only the ones it hits die, and some of them have learned to swim and swim in the kerosene, but for their comfort, they move away and do not stay.
Now, as for the issue of insects in general, the issue of mosquitoes is clear that they are harmful, and crickets in the bathrooms are also harmful. In any case, we proceed according to the rule that we mentioned yesterday.
The questioner : It exists, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How many ants are in a house in Makkah?
The questioner : I mean, O Shaykh, we have an organization for combating...
The Shaykh : Leave the organizations alone; these organizations are greedy, they want money, they do not care.
The questioner : I mean, we found in one of the houses, O Shaykh, that some decoration was done...
The Shaykh : Who is it?! The ants! The ants did the decoration?
The questioner : The ants have been dealt with, O Shaykh. There are even ants called white ants, O Shaykh, and their danger is...
The Shaykh : We have not reached the black ants yet, but in any case, the ants, praise be to Allah, are actually few. These ants are few, but the small ants, the tiny ones, are very numerous and harmful to people, especially in reinforced concrete houses, because they come under the tiles and bring out the sand. If they bring out the sand under the tiles, the tiles fall, and this is a harm. But we found a remedy for them, a beneficial remedy without killing them: pour kerosene on them. Do you know kerosene? They no longer come; they move away. We tried this in our first house and in our second house.
The questioner : They do not die, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Only the ones it hits die, and some of them have learned to swim and swim in the kerosene, but for their comfort, they move away and do not stay.
Now, as for the issue of insects in general, the issue of mosquitoes is clear that they are harmful, and crickets in the bathrooms are also harmful. In any case, we proceed according to the rule that we mentioned yesterday.