The mention of the dog in the story of the People of the Cave
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Question:
He asks: Why is this animal, the dog, mentioned in this verse, "and their dog stretching out its forelegs at the entrance"?
Answer:
Because it was accompanying them; they went out with it, as if it were a guard protecting them. It is permissible to keep a dog for guarding or for guarding crops, so it is permissible to keep one? Yes.
He asks: Why is this animal, the dog, mentioned in this verse, "and their dog stretching out its forelegs at the entrance"?
Answer:
Because it was accompanying them; they went out with it, as if it were a guard protecting them. It is permissible to keep a dog for guarding or for guarding crops, so it is permissible to keep one? Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/077 — archive.org (3:03)
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