Accompanying the dog, as in the story of the People of the Cave
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to keep a dog as in the story of the People of the Cave?
The Shaykh:
What they call germs; they say that germs remain after the dog and only the earth removes them. Allah knows best regarding this explanation, but they said this. This is what they count among the scientific miracles in the Sunnah. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to accompany a dog, as in the story of the People of the Cave?
The Shaykh:
The People of the Cave needed guarding. If you need it, it goes with you on a journey for guarding, and there is no harm in that. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to keep a dog as in the story of the People of the Cave?
The Shaykh:
What they call germs; they say that germs remain after the dog and only the earth removes them. Allah knows best regarding this explanation, but they said this. This is what they count among the scientific miracles in the Sunnah. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to accompany a dog, as in the story of the People of the Cave?
The Shaykh:
The People of the Cave needed guarding. If you need it, it goes with you on a journey for guarding, and there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب حكم الماء إذا لاقته النجاسة — islamhouse.com (51:14)
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