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Chapters on Hunting

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The prohibition of keeping dogs except for dogs used for hunting, farming or herding livestock

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ENGLISH

It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Mughaffal that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded that dogs be killed, then he said:

“What do they use dogs for?” Then he permitted them to keep farming dogs and dogs of ‘Ein. Bundar said: “The ‘Ein refers to the walls of Al-Madinah.”

ARABIC

‏ مَا لَهُمْ وَلِلْكِلاَبِ ‏