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Amīr-ul-Mu`minīn, Sayyidunā Fārūq A’ẓam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ once saw a person who was dragging a goat by its leg to slaughter it. He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said, ‘May you be ruined; take it to death in a good manner’. (Muṣannaf ‘Abdur Razzāq, vol. 4, pp. 376, Ḥadīš 8636)
Someone saw Ḥujjat-ul-Islam Sayyidunā Imām Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Muhammad Ghazālī عَـلَـیۡـهِ رَحْـمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـوَالِی in a dream and asked مَا فَعَلَ اللّٰهُ بِكَ؟ ‘How did Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ treat you?’ He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied, ‘Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ forgave me’. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه asked, ‘What brought about your forgiveness?’ He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied, ‘Once a fly sat upon my pen in order to drink the ink, I stopped writing until it finished and flew away.’ (Laṭāif-ul-Minan wal-Akhlāq lish-Sha’rānī, pp. 305)
If flies cause irritation then it is permissible to kill them. However, whenever one needs to kill a fly or any animal to gain any benefit or to avoid any harm, it should be killed in the least painful way.
Repeatedly and unnecessarily trampling on it, striking it again and again whereas it is lying wounded on the ground and could have been killed by one strike or tearing it to pieces should all be avoided. Children often stamp on ants due to their
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