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**Jeaxatoem** · 05-09-2009, 08:36 AM

Assalamu alaykum -

As the brother Muhammad Nur said above, I read in The Guiding Helper which is consider authentic, that the dogs & even pigs are pure including their saliva.

And the prayer offered with the clothes with their saliva, or urine is valid - w/o washing.

With that being said, why is it haram to keep it as a pet, and what's the daleel for this? It seems to contradict the idea of dogs being pure. (How can taahir be haraam to pet.)

Also, are there any Maaliki scholars who disagree with dogs being pure?? Is this what the Imam Maalik (Rahimahullah) said about the dogs?

They are not haraam to pet (meaning touch\pat) but to keep with out need according to one opinion and makruh according to the other opinion. And I believe this relates only to keeping the dog in your home as a pet I'm not sure if it differs if you keep it outside. And the hadiths that Abdulwahhab posted would probably be the reason for the prohibition or disliked nature of keeping them indoors.

From the Guiding Helper:

[As for keeping a dog (an animal from the Canis familiaris family)
in one's residence, it is mubah if one has a need for the dog
(e.g., guard-dog, seeing-eye dog, hunting dog, etc.) and is
disliked if one does not have any real need for the dog (e.g., a
pet dog).]

And the dog being pure is Imam Malik's opinion.

05-09-2009, 08:36 AM	#16
Jeaxatoem Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 546 Senior Member	Assalamu alaykum - As the brother Muhammad Nur said above, I read in The Guiding Helper which is consider authentic, that the dogs & even pigs are pure including their saliva. And the prayer offered with the clothes with their saliva, or urine is valid - w/o washing. With that being said, why is it haram to keep it as a pet, and what's the daleel for this? It seems to contradict the idea of dogs being pure. (How can taahir be haraam to pet.) Also, are there any Maaliki scholars who disagree with dogs being pure?? Is this what the Imam Maalik (Rahimahullah) said about the dogs? They are not haraam to pet (meaning touch\pat) but to keep with out need according to one opinion and makruh according to the other opinion. And I believe this relates only to keeping the dog in your home as a pet I'm not sure if it differs if you keep it outside. And the hadiths that Abdulwahhab posted would probably be the reason for the prohibition or disliked nature of keeping them indoors. From the Guiding Helper: [As for keeping a dog (an animal from the Canis familiaris family) in one's residence, it is mubah if one has a need for the dog (e.g., guard-dog, seeing-eye dog, hunting dog, etc.) and is disliked if one does not have any real need for the dog (e.g., a pet dog).] And the dog being pure is Imam Malik's opinion.
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