Is it permissable to research on animals for the furthur development of medicine?
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19,84617/04/1999
Using animals for medical research
Question: 4176
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
We put this question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, may Allah preserve him, who answered as follows:
“I do not see anything wrong with this, because of the general application of the words of Allah (interpretation of the meaning): ‘It is He Who created for you all that is on earth’ [al-Baqarah 2:29]. But it is essential to choose the easiest form of experimentation (that which is least painful to the animals). And Allah knows best.”
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Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen