Question:
Assalamualykum,
Heard recently that some Arabs out of respect for ants being mentioned in the Quran, don’t kill ants. They ask the ants to leave the house by saying that they should leave the house or else they will be trampled upon and the ants leave the house.
Can you please tell us if there are compassionate ways to get rid of spiders (and any other insects mentioned in the Quran) from the house too?
Thank you very much.
Answer:
`Alaykum as-Salam,
You may do the same, i.e. request them.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
