The Ruling on Selling Dogs for Guarding
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on selling dogs for the purpose of guarding?
Answer:
Is a dog to be sold? The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the price of a dog, so a dog is not to be sold. However, one may take something in return for it, meaning something that is not a sale, but rather a return for a gift; there is no harm in that.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on selling dogs for the purpose of guarding?
Answer:
Is a dog to be sold? The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the price of a dog, so a dog is not to be sold. However, one may take something in return for it, meaning something that is not a sale, but rather a return for a gift; there is no harm in that.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل والفلاسفة لا تختص بأمة من الأمم بل هم موجودون في سائر الأمم — islamhouse.com (1:15:28)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.