Ants are special animals in Islam.
Dream - In Islam, ants are not animals at random. Together with bees, these small animals are referred to in the Qur'an even immortalized into the name of the letter, namely An Naml which means Ant and An Nahl means bee.
Rasulullah Muhammad SAW strictly forbade ants to be killed in any way. Including by burning the nest.
This shows how special ants are. In fact, ants are clearly far more than humans.
This prohibition turned out to be useful. Indirectly, humans can learn a lot from ants, about patience, togetherness, and independence.
Ants are amazing little animals. He can travel long distances to find food and bring him back to his house.
No matter how heavy the burden he is carrying, the ants still carry it to the house. The trick, yes, just by clamping the object with two strong jaws.
If the food stored is wet. the ant will dry it in front of the nest hole. Once it is dry, the food is stored back in its nest.
In the story of the prophets, the story of a group of ants and Prophet Sulaiman is interesting. One day, Prophet Solomon and his army moved past the ant nest.
Before approaching the nest, Prophet Solomon heard an ant telling his group to enter the nest. Because if not, they were trampled by Prophet Solomon and his army.
This story is found in Sura An Naml verse 18.
There are still many commendable stories about ants that we can learn from. For this reason, the Prophet forbade us to kill these small animals.
Then, if our house is filled with ants, it certainly feels disturbed. There are other ways we can get ants to leave our homes.