Killing of Spiders

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Asalaamu Alaikum

I would like to know if its Haraam to kill Spiders..most fatwas are not specific enough. I would love some clarification inshaAllah. So if any of you have some specific fatwas regarding Spiders then that would be amazing inahsaAllah.

Yes I suffer Arachnophobia so it would be especially benificial to me.

JazakAllah Khair.

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Question

Salaam. What is the ruling on killing spiders?

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

It is permissible to kill insects which have the potential of harming a person for example spiders, scorpions etc. However, one should not burn them or drown them. It is makrooh (detestable) to kill insects which do not harm for example small ants.



Some scholars are of the opinion that spiders should not be killed for it was a means of saving Nabi Õáì Çááå Úáíå æ Óáã and Abu Bakr ÑÖì Çááå Úäå during the migration when they hid in the cave of Thaur. It is narrated that Ali ÑÖì Çááå Úäå use to prohibit killing spiders. However, this is a weak narration. Furthermore, there is another narration from Ali ÑÖì Çááå Úäå which instructs that one should clean ones home from cobwebs because leaving it causes poverty. Despite being weak, this second narration is strengthened by other narrations which encourage cleanliness. (Ma’ariful Quran 6/696)

And Allah knows best

Wassalam

Ml. Ishaq E. Moosa,
Student Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In'aamiyyah



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[ze leetle elper]

If its just a spider in your home (which is normal especially during winter months as they seek shelter and warmth) then you could just catch it and put it outside? Use a net or a large cup or something?

[Jafarrr]

If you put a spider outside during winter, what do you think will happen to it?

I killed a spider the other day inside my house I was thinking to put it outside but it would have froze to death! Barely feels anything if you just crush it in a kleenex.

[Shaykh]

Yes I suffer Arachnophobia ...

JazakAllah Khair.

What is that?

and why do you need to kill spiders...chase them out... my roof and walls are taken care of by izzit (my pet lizzard) while i have to just secure the floor area...

Plus spiders are harmless...they just roam around and do nothing... the more you run after them the more it becomes a nuisance...ignore them and they wont do anything to you..

[ins321]

It's when someone is scared of spiders.

[Ifrah]

phobia is actually a very strong fear that one has of anything. But again brother as everyone else has said don't kill it ask someone to release it outside. Even if it is cold spiders know how to survive. If they didn't then there would b no spiders in cold countries but believe me there are lots.

[Sister Khadijah]

I feel for you, I suffer too from arachnophobia.

The best way to overcome the fear is to think all things useful and good about them...But I believe the fear stems from the fact that they run really fast, they seem to be running towards you, even though supposedly they are running for the dark hiding areas behind you maybe, that there are so many of them, they just scare you if you happen to be working in the living room or sitting somewhere and before you know it they've creeped behind you, and are enjoying your presence too, or running around infront of you from one wall to the other.

The truth is spiders are scary, especially the big ones that you get in tropic countries that hide in the banana plants. They have 5 cm bodies and 10 cm legs, and run so fast that neither your little legs can catch them nor your hands big enuff to trap them...and at that, you need gardeners gloves to hold them for fear of whatever they might do to you.

So apart from thinking about all good things that they do. Sometimes I just get my big glass bowl, or big glass cup or something, and repeatedly say my shahada and 'la howla wala quwatta illah billah' before trapping it under a glass, to leave for my parents to deal with the next day (I usually see them crawling around at night...leave a llarge note next to the glass object with the spider trapped in it, with a big arrow point next to it)......

I would prefer not to kill spiders, though I have considered on many an occasion about hoovering them up. Have courage, it is very very scary I know.

~However I have a question too...is it true that if you kill a spider, that on the day of judgement they might have something to say about that to God against you? I would really like to know this as someone told me this and I havent really been sure ever since.....

[TDR]

I couldn't kill a harmless spider. It sounds wierd but I have too much respect for them because of the cave incident. Just pick them up in a glass and put them outside.

[Humera78]

Aside from if you really do have a genuine phobia i dont it takes much to just pick the up and throw outside but you are allowed to kill insects/animals that harm you like scorpions and mice.