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What is the wisdom behind God's creation of animals we do not eat, such as snakes, scorpions, and rats?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Allah created harmful animals for general and specific wisdoms. The general wisdom is for the Muslim to believe that Allah is All-Wise and does not create anything in vain. As for the specific wisdoms, they include: demonstrating the perfection of His creation and His management; testing His servants; revealing man's weakness and helplessness; distinguishing between what is beneficial and what is harmful; extracting beneficial medicines from them; forming a link in the ecological balance; and affirming that all of His actions are good, and there is no pure evil in His creations.

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