The One Praying Encounters Predatory Animals and Harmful Creatures and He Kills Them
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 53
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Book 1, Chapter 53
The One Praying Encounters Predatory Animals and Harmful Creatures and He Kills Them
وَ سَأَلَهُ عَمَّارٌ اَلسَّابَاطِيُّ: عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ فَيَرَى حَيَّةً بِحِيَالِهِ هَلْ يَجُوزُ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَنَاوَلَهَا وَ يَقْتُلَهَا قَالَ «إِنْ كَانَ بَيْنَهَا وَ بَيْنَهُ خُطْوَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَلْيَخْطُ وَ يَقْتُلُهَا وَ إِلاَّ فَلاَ.
Ammar al-Sabati asked him about a man who is in prayer and sees a snake in front of him. Is it permissible for him to step forward and kill it? Imam عليه السلام said: "If there is just one step between him and the snake, then he may step forward and kill it; otherwise, he should not."
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