Keeping Cats and Selling Them
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on that?
Answer:
Cats are included in the category of dogs. Cats are included in the category of dogs. It is permissible to keep cats in the house; there is no harm in it. However, they are not to be sold, because they fall under the type of dogs. There is no poor person [who would benefit from them], except for what the Lawgiver has exempted for hunting, namely trained birds of prey such as the falcon, the goshawk, and the hawker. These are the birds by which prey is caught,[Al-Ma'idah 5:4] that is, the birds of prey, or the dogs by which prey is caught. It is permissible to keep them, but it is not permissible to sell them, as mentioned previously. It is not permissible to sell falcons or goshawks; it is not permissible to sell them, but it is permissible to use them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on that?
Answer:
Cats are included in the category of dogs. Cats are included in the category of dogs. It is permissible to keep cats in the house; there is no harm in it. However, they are not to be sold, because they fall under the type of dogs. There is no poor person [who would benefit from them], except for what the Lawgiver has exempted for hunting, namely trained birds of prey such as the falcon, the goshawk, and the hawker. These are the birds by which prey is caught,
[game caught by] what you have trained of hunting animals
وَمَا عَلَّمْتُم مِّنَ الْجَوَارِحِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 99 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/البيوع/شروطه وما نهي عنه منه/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:41)
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