The ruling on keeping dogs for guarding houses
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the statement that keeping dogs for guarding houses in a state of insecurity constitutes a violation? And who attributes this statement to Imam Malik? Is this attribution correct?
Answer:
As for keeping them for guarding houses, this has not come in the hadiths. What came was keeping them for guarding a farm, livestock, or for hunting. I do not know of anything regarding guarding houses. But in any case, if it is absolutely necessary, do not let them enter the houses; they should be outside the houses, not inside. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the statement that keeping dogs for guarding houses in a state of insecurity constitutes a violation? And who attributes this statement to Imam Malik? Is this attribution correct?
Answer:
As for keeping them for guarding houses, this has not come in the hadiths. What came was keeping them for guarding a farm, livestock, or for hunting. I do not know of anything regarding guarding houses. But in any case, if it is absolutely necessary, do not let them enter the houses; they should be outside the houses, not inside. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [4] — alfawzan.live (48:04)
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