Why cant muslims have dogs?

Question

i want a dog but my dad said that we cant because of our relgion. but i dont now why so sould you tell me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Muslims are REQUIRED to be kind to animals, INCLUDING dogs. Plus, remember that all things “…have been created for you ...” [for our benefit], (Quran, 2:29). You can have a dog as long as you KNOW that you'll have to take great care of them because Allah will be asking you about your treatment of them on Judgment Day (you're gonna be responsible for it, you see).
Here are some points that a Muslim vet named Dr. Ayub Banderker has made:
1. It is NOT haraam (forbidden) to own a dog, though it is not hygienic to keep a dog in the house.

2. It is NOT haraam (forbidden) to touch a dog or any other animal. If the saliva of a dog touches you or any part of your clothing, then it is required of you to wash the body part touched and the item of clothing touched by the dog’s mouth or snout.

3. It is incumbent upon all Muslims who own animals, whether for farming or work purposes or as pets, to provide adequate shelter, food, water, and, when needed, veterinary care for their animals. Arrangements must be made, if one is going to be away from home, to have one’s animals taken care of as well.

4. It is haraam (forbidden) to keep a dog or any other animal on a short lead for long periods without food, water, and shelter. Dogs need exercise and are social creatures who form organized “family” structures in nature. Dog-owners therefore need to spend time daily with their dogs.

5. It is cruel, and therefore haraam (forbidden), to keep any animal in a cage so small that it cannot behave in a natural way.

6. Fireworks cause untold suffering to most domestic animals because of their acute sense of hearing.

7. It is haraam (forbidden) to participate in any blood “sport,” like dog fighting and trophy hunting.

We would love for Allah to bestow His mercy upon us so let’s show mercy and compassion to all His creation.

There are many Muslims who care well for their animals, and this article is aimed at those who are misinformed.

See, you'll often hear from MANY Muslims something like, "Dogs are impure, and owning a dog without a compelling necessity is a sin. No Muslim jurist has ever said otherwise, this is the unanimous consensus of the scholars, and that is absolutely clear!" But the ISLAMIC truth is that this is FALSE! We MUST have respect for ALL animals. Dogs have many special and important benefits, so of course you're to be MORE than kind to them.

I know this is gonna make the answer too long, but here's another Islamic view from another well-educated Muslim who was asked by a Shaykh whether dogs are permitted in the house Islamically or not.

"As the Shaykh’s smile slowly disappeared he pointed at me: ‘So, brother Khaled, [what do you know about] the anti-dog traditions, and what can you tell us about them?”

"... I tried to quickly collect my thoughts: “Shaykh, may Allah bless you,” I answered, “some of these traditions were reported in Tirmidhi, the Muwatta’ of Malik, al-Nisa’i, and Muslim and some variants in Bukhari. But I researched their authenticity and there is no consensus on the matter. All the traditions are of singular transmissions, most were declared weak or apocryphal—for instance, the tradition about the slaughtering of dogs, a number of scholars found that it was invented at a time of a rabies plague in Medina. In fact, the traditions mandating the slaughter of dogs were the most troubling for jurists. We find in the discussions by Ibn al-‘Arabi in his ‘Aridat al-Ahwadhi, in Nayl al-Awtar, and in Nawawi’s commentary on Muslim that the vast majority of jurists rejected the traditions mandating the killing of dogs as pure fabrications because, they reasoned, such behavior would be wasteful of life. These jurists argued that there is a presumption prohibiting the destruction of nature, and mandating the honoring of all creation. Any part of creation or nature cannot be needlessly destroyed, and no life can be taken without compelling cause. For the vast majority of jurists, since the consumption of dogs was strictly prohibited in Islam, there was no reason to slaughter dogs. Such behavior, they argued, would be against the moral assumptions of Islam. Also, Shaykh, for another example, we find that the tradition about the angels not entering the home of a dog keeper has been seriously questioned and doubted in several sources such as Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi. Many of the commentaries on hadith have pointed out that these traditions conflict with stronger traditions; other sources argued that these traditions are inconsistent with the principles of Islam…”

He also said: "Shaykh, the instinct of these animals seem to be inclined towards becoming domesticated. They understand love, kindness, and compassion, and they respond to them. They recognize and know their owners and exhibit loyalty. If God created them this way, this fact of nature must be considered. On the other hand, if they were not created this way but we, humans, domesticated them and changed their natures so that they have become dependent on human beings, we owe them a duty of care. The rational question presented is how could God create these creatures and endow them with such qualities only to command us to hate them—why would God make them drawn to us by nature and yet command us to detest them. The well-known tradition says: ‘The angels are pained by what pains human beings.’ The issues that we must confront are: We must celebrate all of God’s creation. Furthermore, the Qur’anic principle states: That kindness only deserves reciprocal kindness. Why would God create these creatures only to punish them by constant deprivation and suffering? Why would angels in turn be hurt or pained by those creatures while those creatures do not hurt or cause pain to human beings?”
(You can go to http://www.scholarofthehouse.org/tloofesfaond.html to read the entire story; it's vvvvvery, VERY informing.)

Sooo....I hope this answers your question. There's NOTHING wrong with owning dogs (but remember, you wanna keep in mind the hygenic stuff)! Help dogs in every way you can, and consider it a way of earning more blessings from Allah!
Peace and blessings of God be upon you!

Answer 2

The Hadith, which is a book of commands that muslims obey like they obey the koran, has a lot to say about dogs... The hadith says that keeping a dog as a pet is forbidden and that if you do keep one as a pet some of your heavenly rewards for good deeds will be lost. Dogs are only to be kept as guards outdoors. A dog is ritually unclean and if it licks a utensil you must wash the utensil 7 times than rub it with earth. It also says that all black dogs must be killed. It also says that if a dog walks past when a muslim is praying then their prayer in nulled. The hadith says that angels will not enter the house if a dog is there and an angel will not walk with you if you have a dog with you - this is because the angel they call gibril got scared away from mohammad's house, because a dog there barked and wouldn't let the so-called angel enter the house. Personally I believe that dogs would not bark at a real angel and would love a real angel - dogs only bark at evil to protect their home and family. That muslims believe that dogs have the power to stop angels and that dogs would be fierce to angels (as opposed to chasing off demons) is a really bizarre religious belief!

Answer 3

Muslims aren't allowed to have dogs for the simple sake of companionship. This is because they are impure. They can have a dog to be used as a guard or as a seeing dog to aide them if they are blind. DBznut was more direct to the point. Not having a dog has nothing to do with culture.

Answer 4

"One morning Allah's Messenger was silent with grief. Maymunah said: Allah's Messenger, I find a change in your mood today. Allah's Messenger said: Gabriel had promised me that he would meet me last night, but he did not meet me. By Allah, he never broke his promises; and Allah's Messenger spent the day in this sad (mood). Then it occurred to him that there had been a PUPPY under their cot. He gave an order and IT WAS TURNED OUT. He then took some water in his hand and sprinkled it on the place. When it was evening Gabriel met him and he said to him: You promised me that you would meet me the previous night. He said: Yes, but we do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture. So the very next morning HE COMMANDED THE DOGS TO BE KILLED. He announced that the dog kept for the orchards SHOULD ALSO BE KILLED, but he spared the dog used for the protection of extensive fields (or big gardens)." -- Hadith - Muslim, Narrated Maymunah (emphasis mine)

Answer 5

Islam is the religion of Purity and neatness.. also wants its follower to be neat clean and having good company and habits...

Dogs are not forbidden to kept they are allowed, if you follow certain conditions.

1. For hunting
2. As a guard for house / for goods or your live stock.
3. Any other useful purpose. like anti narcotics and bomb squad or some other crime investigationetc.

Also when you have to keep the dog you have not permission to keep the dog inside the house, because in general dogs are nasty, and not pure, you anything dog touches becomes impure, for example your body and clothes, you cant offer prayers with these cloths or without cleaning your body.

So just to prevent the community these obstacles, or complication, simple orders are just to keep them away from your houses so that your purity and cleanliness sustains.

Also it has to be said few other reasons like Dog's ways of coupling and having desire for their own siblings and other dirty things, they are not one of the liked ones.

I hope this satisfy your qury

Answer 6

Well I'm a Muslim and my daughter has 3 dogs, my brother in law is a Muslim he has 2 German Shepard's. Its not against our religion to own a dog, but you must know that there hair and saliva are not good to be on your clothing when we pray, and its not good to have that all over your house too. You have to be careful in how you care for them and how you keep your clothing clean.

Being a muslim why would you not know that answer to your own question? Or why did you simply not ask your father why?

Answer 7

My response would be to get a job as a dog-walker for other people and see how long it takes him to surrender...

I have heard that Muslims consider dogs "unclean", but don't remember where in the Quran.

Answer 8

Muslims can keep them for security purpose and for hunting !!! but not as pet !! thats forbidden by our prophet......i know one reason and that is Rabies, a disease that is spread from dogs..... the saliva of infected dog contains that virus and it enters in human body by licking of dog on bruised part of human body and that is a fatal disease......so this is one the proves of science for not letting dogs close to your body

But you can keep them for security purpose and for hunting !! that is allowed !!but only you will have to be careful not to allow them to get close to you cloths or lick your hands ,feet or face..the bear parts of body!! then it would be safe !!

Answer 9

My husband is Muslim - we have a dog. In fact, when he was growing up in the hills of Yemen, he was a shepherd - shepherds use sheep dogs. I'm not sure what you dad is using - maybe a different sect within Islam?

Answer 10

Muslims are allowed to have dogs. We just can't keep them inside the home because if a dog is inside the home angels can't enter the home.

You can buy a dog, just keep him in you backyard.

A dog's syliva is considered to be impure.
So if a dog licks you, that you must make ghusul. with out preforming ghusul, you can't pray, can't read the quran, can't touch the word god, etc...

Answer 11

they can , but keep them away from the place where u pray.( if i found something from scholars i'll get it to u)

edit:
here is ur question's answer:

You don’t need to worried about keeping your dog (within the necessities sanctioned by Islam, i.e. for protection or taken as watch dog) as long as you know the rights you owe it and as long as you know that your love for your dog must not affect your religious duties.

read it as a whole in here:
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-AAbout_Islam/AskAboutIslamE/AskAboutIslamE&cid=1123996015602


peace ,

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