Re: Dog as a pet from islamic point of view
what’s your dog gonna hunt? squirrels?
jokes aside, growing up we were taught that dogs are considered unclean and angels will not enter the house where a dog lives…
having said that we would hear countless tales from the elders about “Rosie” the family dog whose loyalty was immeasurable. whenever we would question how they were permitted to have a dog we were assured that Rosie was never allowed inside the living quarters. she had her own space in the verandah where she would eat, sleep and play. if you played with her you had to wash up (i.e. perform wudu) at the tap in the verandah before you came back into the living areas of the home.