The Sale and Purchase of Hunting Dogs
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding hunting dogs, is there any exception mentioned in the texts that permits their sale and purchase? Is there any exception that makes it permissible to sell and buy hunting dogs?
Answer:
Hunting dogs are not sold. It is not permissible to sell a dog; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the sale of dogs. However, a dog is not owned by its master in the sense of full ownership; rather, he has exclusive use of it over others due to necessity. If you give him something as a reward, that is not a sale, and there is no harm in it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding hunting dogs, is there any exception mentioned in the texts that permits their sale and purchase? Is there any exception that makes it permissible to sell and buy hunting dogs?
Answer:
Hunting dogs are not sold. It is not permissible to sell a dog; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the sale of dogs. However, a dog is not owned by its master in the sense of full ownership; rather, he has exclusive use of it over others due to necessity. If you give him something as a reward, that is not a sale, and there is no harm in it. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن مكايده التي بلغ فيها مراده : مكيدة التحليل — islamhouse.com (1:14:28)
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