Selected Hadith
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may pace be upon him) as saying: "A prostitute saw a dog moving around a well on a hot day and hanging out its tongue because of thirst. She drew water for it in her shoe and she was pardoned (for this act of hers)." Sahih Muslim, Book 026, Number 5578
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "A man saw a dog eating mud from (the severity of) thirst. So, that man took a shoe (and filled it) with water and kept on pouring the water for the dog till it quenched its thirst. So Allah approved of his deed and made him to enter Paradise." And narrated Hamza bin 'Abdullah: My father said. "During the lifetime of Allah's Apostle, the dogs used to urinate, and pass through the mosques (come and go), nevertheless they never used to sprinkle water on it (urine of the dog)." Sahih Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 4, Number 174
Narrated 'Adi bin Hatim: I asked the Prophet (about the hunting dogs) and he replied, "If you let loose (with Allah's name) your tamed dog after a game and it hunts it, you may eat it, but if the dog eats of (that game) then do not eat it because the dog has hunted it for itself." I further said, "Sometimes I send my dog for hunting and find another dog with it. He said, "Do not eat the game for you have mentioned Allah's name only on sending your dog and not the other dog." Sahih Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 4, Number 175
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said about a trained dog, "Eat whatever it catches for you whether it eats from it or not." Muwatta of Imam Malik, Book 25, Number 25.2.5a
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- Dogs in the Qur'an (Verses from the Qur'an in English (Yusuf 'Ali, trans.) with Arabic commentaries by Muqatil, al-Qushayri, al-Baqli, al-Alusi, and al-Suyuti.)
- Dogs and Shafi'i Law (from The Reliance of the Traveller)
- Dogs and Maliki and Hanafi Law (concerning the purity of dogs according to the Maliki madhhab)
- Dogs with the Vet and the Muslim Lawyer (This link is a site maintained by a Muslim veterinarian. He cites, in turn, a Muslim
scholar of Islamic law at a major Californian university. They concur on the
licitness of having dogs as pets in Islam. Note, however, that the vet would
require Muslims to make a fresh ablution and to wash all surfaces seven times after playing with a dog, especially
before praying. On this issue, please open the previous link to medieval Maliki fiqh.
The purity of dogs had been established long ago—at least for followers of Imam
Malik. Perhaps the scholar of fiqh had not come across this information in book
or web form when he used hadith alone to make a legal response to traditional Muslim anger
toward—and mistreatment of—dogs.)
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