Dog as a pet from islamic point of view

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Re: Dog as a pet from islamic point of view

@MustafaQuraishi

So we have grown up with this mentality that you can’t keep dogs at home otherwise angels wouldn’t visit your house. I never thought about it untill i moved to the west where i am in absolute love with Alaskan Malamute. Now my question is that is keeping dogs haram ? Do we have any authentic hadeeth ? The reason i am asking this now is because the other day I saw “Ghamdi’s” video clip in which he referred to some quranic ayat and said that dogs aren’t haram, which made me thinking that how come only one scholar is saying not haram and others are ?

Your help will be highly appreciated.

Peace @MustafaQuraishi,

You should feel proud what your elders taught you about not keeping dog at home for various reason. I agree with them on not keeping dog at home except any one from these conditions where it is allowed to keep dog fill the blank and that is only for farming, herding, hunting or security purpose. I hope you read the hadith about keeping dogs is haraam. Let me share further as per my little understanding to help you out to make your mind whether you want to keep the dog or not.

The hadiths regarding allowing/disallowing keeping dog is very straight-forward and there is no rocket science involved in that to understand. All its need to read very carefully with open eyes (open mind).

First of all, Prophet Muhammad forbidden the earnings from a dog which means any amount earned by selling a dog is ‘haraam’. There is no sin on buyer but all on seller. However, the buyer is not allowed to go directly to a dog seller and buy a dog thinking that there is no sin on him its all on seller. It means the buyer must look for that person who give-away his/her dog free of any cost. In simple wording ‘you must find a person who gives you, your choice dog free of cost’.

Secondly, even if you got a dog free of any cost then you’re not allowed to keep it as a ‘pet animal’. You may keep it only for farming, herding, security or hunting purpose, otherwise, it is disallowed to keep it. But still if you wish keep dog then one or two Qiraat from your deeds will be deducted every day.

Thirdly, the Angels (of Mercy) do not enter those houses where dog is kept. So it is your decision whether you would like to allow Angels (of Mercy) to enter your house or a dog.

Fourthly, Qiraat could be equal to five grains of barley or equal to a full mountain or equal to a full mountain of gold. Almighty Allah knows best that Qiraat is equal to how much. Anyhow, when a person keep a dog for no reason then he/she lose one or two Qirat of his/her good deed everyday.

Last but not least, I think it is insane choice that a person going to lose just for the sake of temporarily pleasure/self-wish, a deed which could be equal to five grains of barley or equal to a full mountain or equal to a full mountain of gold. I think no businessman will ever make such dealing on this earth and if he made such deal then I think it is like ‘hitting hammer on your own foot’, means very bad businessman and very poor dealing.

Brother MustafaQuraishi, now make you choice what you wanna do as it is between you and Almighty Allah.