Whether it is permissible to keep dogs or not?

What is the ruling of the learned Ulama regarding whether it is permissible to keep dogs or not? Is it permissible to keep pigeons without the intention
of racing them? What about the ruling regarding quail fighting and cock fighting? Also what is the rule regarding the keeping of falcons and eagles and
to use them for hunting and to then to eat which they have hunted?
The Answer: It is permissible to keep falcons and eagles and to use it for hunting is also allowed and to eat which they have hunted is also allowed
Almighty Allah says! "And which hunting animals have you trained for hunting# $%urah &aida! verse '(
It must however be noted that the animal must be hunted for the purpose of attaining food! for medicinal purpose or for any beneficial reason It
should not be )ust for sport and for fun This is a waste of time and is haraam and those who do this are sinful That animal that is killed by them is
halaal if they have been well trained to hunt and bismillah was said when releasing them It is clear that to release if for the sake of game hunting $for
sport( is haraam and this does not interfere which the *ibah according to %haria )ust as to take Allah+s name and then strike a sheep from the neck
$nape( is a haraam action! but to eat such an animal is halaal
,uail fights! cock fighting! and getting any other animal to fight! like the way people fight rams! little birds and some even fight haraam animals such
as elephants and bears are all haraam as this is to cause pain to animals without reason It has been mentioned in the -adith %hareef that the -oly
.rophet $%all Allaho Alaihi Wa %allam( has prohibited us from fighting animals $against one another( $/ef: Abu 0awood and Tirmi1i from Ibn Abbas
radi Allahu anhu and Tirmi1i has categori1ed it as -assan %ahih(
To keep pigeons )ust for the sake of comforting ones heart and not for any impermissible reason is allowed To fly pigeons from rooftops so that one
may go on the rooftops and look at our &uslims females! or to throw stones at the pigeons! causing windows to break and the danger of in)uring
someone+s eye! to fly pigeons to capture the pigeons belonging to others or to fly them the entire day absolutely hungry! and to en)oy seeing them fly
in this way! not even allowing them to land when they need are all improper and to keep the pigeons for these reasons is haraam It is in 0urr2e2
&ukhtar as follows: "It is &akrooh $to keep the pigeons caged( even if it is in their special enclosure $if this is to harm others( This is when this harm is
caused through looking $at what is not allowed( and by trapping the pigeons of others Thus! if one flies them from a rooftop and this causes
disclosure of females! and if one throws stones! causing windows to break! then the person who threw the stones will be answerable and he will be
stopped from doing this very sternly If he does not abstain from this! then the chief police officer of the town has the right to make them $the pigeons(
1ibah If they are not for flying! then this is doing what is best due to feeling for the pigeons and this is &ubah $permitted(#
It is in %ahih 3ukhari etc on the authority of Abdullah bin Umar $radi Allahu anhu( and in the %ahih of Ibn -ibaan on the authority of Abdullah ibn Umar
$radi Allahu anhu( that the -oly .rophet $%all Allaho Alaihi Wa %allam( said! "A lady went into hell because of a cat %he kept the cat tied up 4either
did she feed it nor did she release it! so that she may be free and eat the mice etc# It has been mentioned in the narration of ibn -ibaan that the said
cat has been appointed to punish the woman in hell and it bites her with its teeth from in front and from behind
It has been mentioned in one -adith that if you have an animal $pet(! then offer it food and water seventy times in a day We should not leave them
hungry for the entire day! and when they wish to land $like birds( then we do not allow them to do so The learned Ulama have mentioned that it is
worse to make *ulm $cruelty( upon an animal than on a 1immi 5aafir and to make 1ulm on a 1immi 5aafir is worse than making 1ulm on a &uslim
$This has been mentioned in 0urr2e2&ukhtar etc( The -oly .rophet $%all Allaho Alaihi Wa %allam( said! "*ulm will be awarded with the same on the
day of ,ayamat#
Almighty Allah says! "6isten Well7 The curse of Allah is upon those who inflict cruelty# $%urah -ud(
It is haraam to keep dogs The Angels of mercy do not enter that house in which there are dogs The good deed of such a person $who keeps dogs(
diminishes every day The -oly .rophet $%all Allaho Alaihi Wa %allam( said! "The Angels of mercy do not enter that house in which there are dogs and
pictures $of living things(# $/eported by Ahmed8 %haikhain8 Tirmi1i8 4is+ai and ibn &a)ah from Abu Talha radi Allahu anhu(
The -oly .rophet $%all Allaho Alaihi Wa %allam( also said! "9ne who keeps dogs e:cept for hunting and for protection of crop etc! will loose two
qeerat daily from his good deeds# Allah and -is /asool %all Allaho Alaihi Wa %allam know best what is the amount of one qeerat( $/ef: Ahmed!
3ukhari! &uslim! Tirmi1i and 4isa+i from Abdullah ibn Umar radi Allahu anhu(
Thus! one is only allowed to keep dogs for two reasons The first is for hunting This is if the animal is hunted for food! for medicinal reasons or other
beneficial reasons The second is to keep a dog for the protection of ones crop! farm! or house and this is only where there is a definite need to keep it
for protection -owever! if one keeps the dog without such reasons! in other words one knows that there is no valuables in his home! or the house is in
a very secure location where there is no fear of burglaries or if one knows that truly that there is no need for the dog! but it is being kept )ust as a pet
because one likes keeping dogs! then this is not permissible ;ven those houses around you need protection and if they felt that keeping a dog was
the only means of protection! then they too would have kept dogs In brief is must noted that one should not look for e:cuses in the laws of Allah! for
Allah knows well the thoughts of the heart <=>? @ ABC D?E