A person who was performing Umrah at the Masjid Al-Haram shared their experience when they saw a cleaning staff playing with his cleaning brush.
- Cleaners at the Holy Mosque of Mecca do not kill insects.
- They believe that there are insects that harm human beings and others are harmless.
- Masjid Al-Haram is not only a place of worship for Human Beings but also for other creatures.
- The 2 Holy Mosques Of Saudi Arabia RE-OPENS For Pilgrims.
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A person who was performing Umrah at the Masjid Al-Haram shared their experience when they saw a cleaning staff playing with his cleaning brush.
When the cleaner was playing with an insect which resembles like a Cockroach. The cleaner was directing the insect by blocking its way so that the insect goes to an isolated place.
The person who saw this was amazed by how the cleaner did not kill the Insect and was directing it to an isolated place.
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The cleaner was again seen and this time he was busy cleaning the floor when asked about why he did not kill the insect he replied that there are two types of insects seen at the Masjid Al-Haram, one which is harmful to Human Beings like the snakes, scorpions, and centipede.
The cleaners are instructed to kill them as they might harm the pilgrims. There are another set of Insects which do not harm the Human Beings, The one who is wearing Ihram is not allowed to kill insects as it is haram for them to do so.
As per the scholars, one should not kill the insects that do not harm others. The cleaner said that though they are not wearing Ihram they do not kill insects to respect the place.
As per the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) (P.B.U.H), some snakes are Jinns. And they don’t want to kill any insect which is not an insect. He further says that Masjid Al-Haram is a place of worship for everyone, it is not limited to only Human Beings.
 All the creatures are created by Allah and we cannot kill any creature that was a guest of Allah and one cannot know the reason why these creatures come here.
The person who questioned the cleaner was really impressed by the way the cleaner is performing his duties. In the outer world, people are killed as insects but here these creatures are protected. People must learn from these workers.