The Ruling on Buying and Selling a Cat
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on buying a cat? Is it permissible?
Answer:
It is not permissible to sell a cat, nor to sell a dog, nor to sell a cat; this is not permissible. Selling all of them is forbidden.Sunan Abi Dawud 3483Sahih (Al-Albani) , and he prohibited the price of a cat.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on buying a cat? Is it permissible?
Answer:
It is not permissible to sell a cat, nor to sell a dog, nor to sell a cat; this is not permissible. Selling all of them is forbidden.
forbade the price paid for a dog
نهى عن ثمن الكلبAnd the price of a prostitute and the fee of a fortune-teller
ومهر البغي وخلوان الكاهن
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