{"id":14381,"date":"2020-04-14T22:19:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=14381"},"modified":"2020-04-14T22:19:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:19:14","slug":"killing-snakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/killing-snakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Killing Snakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFatwa ID: 03563<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswered by: Alimah Nasima Umm Hamza<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tQuestion<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/u>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAssalamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuhu Honourable Mufti, I pray you are well.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tI have a question about snakes and killing them. I know there is a Hadith that tells us to kill snakes. Specifically, are the snakes cited in the Hadith dangerous snakes only or all snakes in general? For example, here where I live, there are various species of snakes in the countryside and in the streams, they are harmless snakes, not poisonous, and many of them are useful for agriculture since they eat a lot of mice, rats, insects etc.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShould these snakes also be killed?<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\t\u0628\u0633\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u064a\u0645<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most-Merciful<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/u>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswer:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/u>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn various hadith we see that the Prophet (pbuh) encourages killing snakes, especially in salah.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"Allah's Messenger (S) ordered killing the two black things in Salat; the snake and the scorpion."[1]<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn another hadith we see the Prophet (pbuh) also ordered killing certain types of snakes.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t“Do not kill snakes except the short-tailed or mutilated-tailed snake with two white lines on its back, for it causes abortion and makes one blind. So kill it.”[2]<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Raddul Muhtaar, it is mentioned that there is no dislike in killing snakes if harm was feared. [3]<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTherefore, there is no harm in leaving these snakes if you are sure that they are not harmful to you or those around you.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tOnly Allah knows best<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWritten by Alimah Nasima Umm Hamza<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChecked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDarul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n

\n\t[1] Jaami at-Tirmidhi, Hadith Number 390 <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t[2] Sahih Bukhari, Hadith Number 3311 <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t[3] Raddul Muhtaar, Volume 1, Page 650<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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