Slaughter of stray dogs in residential neighborhoods
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Fatwa No. ( 18029 )
Praise be to Allah alone, and may peace and blessings be upon the one after whom there is no prophet. And after: The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta has reviewed what was sent to His Eminence the Grand Mufti from the questioner: the Mayor of Tarif : Abdullah ibn Muslim al-Sharari , and referred to the Committee by the General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars
with number (2855) and date 14 \ 6 \ 1416 AH. The questioner asked a question, the text of which is: I hope you will inform us, may Allah reward you, about the extent to which it is permissible to slaughter stray dogs in residential neighborhoods or on the outskirts of the city; because of the disturbance caused by their barking in the late hours of the night, and also because of the unacceptable sight resulting from their gathering and roaming in the neighborhoods; so that we may, in light of what we receive from your eminence, take the necessary action. It is known that the method by which they are killed is a collective method, by placing the necessary poisons, and it is difficult to distinguish between the harmful one and the other.
After the Committee studied the question, it answered as follows: First: It is not permissible to kill a dog that is not harmful, nor to cause it harm. Second: There is no harm in killing a harmful dog that bites, attacks, or carries disease, provided that the method used does not cause harm to extend to non-harmful dogs. Third: What was mentioned in the question about the dogs being harmful due to their barking, and their appearance being unacceptable—these are not permissible to be made into reasons that justify causing any harm to this animal. Fourth: It is not permissible to kill dogs collectively in a way that includes both the harmful and the non-harmful; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade killing dogs, and permitted killing the biting dog.
Praise be to Allah alone, and may peace and blessings be upon the one after whom there is no prophet. And after: The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta has reviewed what was sent to His Eminence the Grand Mufti from the questioner: the Mayor of Tarif : Abdullah ibn Muslim al-Sharari , and referred to the Committee by the General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars
with number (2855) and date 14 \ 6 \ 1416 AH. The questioner asked a question, the text of which is: I hope you will inform us, may Allah reward you, about the extent to which it is permissible to slaughter stray dogs in residential neighborhoods or on the outskirts of the city; because of the disturbance caused by their barking in the late hours of the night, and also because of the unacceptable sight resulting from their gathering and roaming in the neighborhoods; so that we may, in light of what we receive from your eminence, take the necessary action. It is known that the method by which they are killed is a collective method, by placing the necessary poisons, and it is difficult to distinguish between the harmful one and the other.
After the Committee studied the question, it answered as follows: First: It is not permissible to kill a dog that is not harmful, nor to cause it harm. Second: There is no harm in killing a harmful dog that bites, attacks, or carries disease, provided that the method used does not cause harm to extend to non-harmful dogs. Third: What was mentioned in the question about the dogs being harmful due to their barking, and their appearance being unacceptable—these are not permissible to be made into reasons that justify causing any harm to this animal. Fourth: It is not permissible to kill dogs collectively in a way that includes both the harmful and the non-harmful; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade killing dogs, and permitted killing the biting dog.
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