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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on keeping a dog and killing it by torture

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Question:
I seek forgiveness from Allah. And since the dog was a small puppy, and they later realized that it had been neglected, they took advantage of its absence to get rid of it. They asked him to dispose of it, so he poured a small circle into its mouth until it reached Baghdad.

Answer:
This is an error in two matters. First, keeping a dog is not permissible except for what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted, namely for guarding crops, guarding livestock, or for hunting. As for anything else, it is not permissible for a person to keep a dog in his house,
The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.لا تدخل الملائكة بيتا فيه كلب ولا صورة
Sunan Ibn Majah 3649Sahih (Darussalam)
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And a qirat is deducted from his reward every day, so it is not permissible for him to keep a dog. That is one. The second is that he killed it and tortured it, and this is not permissible. It is not permissible to torture animals in this way. If he kills it with a swift kill that relieves it, if that is the only way he can get rid of it, that is different. But if he can get rid of it by driving it away, he should drive it away and not kill it. However, if he can only get rid of it by killing it and it is harmful, he should kill it to prevent its harm, in the easiest way that relieves it. Yes.

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May Allah love you.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 04 من 15 / شرح أصول الإيمان / حتى إذا فزع عن قلوبهم/ صالح الفوزان / العقيدة/ كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:19:24)

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