Friday, June 1, 2012

KILLING HARMFUL ANIMALS

Killing harmful animals which cause pain or loss to men i in act of merit that carps reward, e.g. killing of snakes  and scorpions has been promised rewards. Once Abdullah ibn Masud was preaching when he saw a snake  crawling on a wall; he interrupted his sermon and killed to snake with a stick; then he said that he had heard the following saying from the Holy Prophet - may he be eternally blessed:
One who kills a snake or scorpion acts as if he has killed a mushrik whose killing is lawful
(Targhib, -p. 403 , vol. 4, ref Bazzar)

The Holy Prophet has ordered of lizards. Abu Hurairah has related that the Holy Prophet - may he be blessed  eternally - has said that he who kills a lizard with one blow would earn so much merit and who kills it with  second blow would earn so much (here the Holy Prophet enumerated less merits than before) and who kills it  with the third blow would earn so much (here the Holy Prophet enumerated even lesser than before. (Sahih  Musiim)

Familiarly killing of other dangerous and harmful animals cares merit.

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