Keeping a lion or a tiger in a farm
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a person to keep a lion or a tiger? May Allah reward you with good. He asks: Is it permissible for him to keep them in his farm for the sake of amusement? And are they considered like a dog in terms of keeping them and their impurity?
Answer:
A dog? No, this is not permissible except for guarding. A tiger is not suitable for guarding; it is the dog that is suitable for guarding. As for the tiger and wild beasts, it is not permissible to keep them.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a person to keep a lion or a tiger? May Allah reward you with good. He asks: Is it permissible for him to keep them in his farm for the sake of amusement? And are they considered like a dog in terms of keeping them and their impurity?
Answer:
A dog? No, this is not permissible except for guarding. A tiger is not suitable for guarding; it is the dog that is suitable for guarding. As for the tiger and wild beasts, it is not permissible to keep them.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 13-04-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (54:56)
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