The ruling on keeping dogs in houses for purposes other than hunting

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, among some of the young men, and this has become widespread in some places, is the keeping of dogs in houses for purposes other than hunting. Is there a word to say about that?

Answer:
Yes, these people imitate the disbelievers, because the disbelievers keep dogs and they mix with them in their houses and they take pride in that. So these people imitate the disbelievers, because they hold that what the disbelievers do is perfection, or progress, or refinement, and they do not look at the prohibition of the Lawgiver regarding these matters. The dog carries diseases and the dog carries evil; the dog carries diseases and evil. So it is not permissible to bring it into the houses, and the angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image. So it is not permissible to bring them into the houses, and they are not to be kept in cars, except for hunting dogs, guard dogs, or dogs for guarding sheep or guarding crops; there is nothing wrong with those. But they are not to be brought into the houses. You set aside a special place for them, you set aside a special place for them, they are not to be brought into the houses, and they are not to drink from vessels, because he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: and let the eighth or the first be with dust. So this is not permissible, for in it is harm and in it is imitation of the disbelievers. Yes.