– It is impermissible to kill bees, even if one were to take all of their honey. However, if their harm cannot be averted except by killing them, that is permitted.
[al-Furūʿ 5/515; Ikhtiyārāt al-Baʿlī p. 174]
Game within the Sanctuaries of Mecca and Medina
– As for the very person of Muhammad—peace and blessings be upon him—Allah has created no being more honored in His sight than him. As for the soil itself—meaning the earth of the Prophet’s grave—it is not superior to the Kaʿbah, the Sacred House; rather, the Kaʿbah is superior to it. No scholar is known to have regarded the soil of the grave as superior to the Kaʿbah except Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ; no one preceded him in that view, nor has anyone agreed with him.
[Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 27/38; al-Furūʿ 6/27; Ikhtiyārāt al-Baʿlī p. 167]
– Sins committed on privileged days and in venerated places are graver, and their punishment is proportionate to the sanctity of the time and place.
[Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 34/180; al-Furūʿ 6/30; Ikhtiyārāt al-Baʿlī p. 167]
– Prayer and other acts of devotion performed in Mecca are more meritorious, yet residing wherever one’s faith and piety are most enhanced is better, wherever that may be (1).
[Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 27/48; al-Furūʿ 6/28; Ikhtiyārāt al-Baʿlī p. 167]