Paying money for dogs that are needed, such as for guarding or police work
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, and he also asks, may Allah preserve you, about...
The Shaykh:
However, it is said that if a dog is needed, whether for guarding or for government affairs, on the condition that it is used to detect forbidden items by sniffing them, which indicates the presence of forbidden items and hidden things among them, then there is no harm in that. There is no harm in that. One pays the price, not as a sale price, but as compensation for benefiting from this treasure.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a question similar to the previous one. He says: If a person needs...
The Shaykh:
They call them police dogs. It is permissible to take money in exchange for benefiting from them, not as a price, but rather as compensation for benefiting from them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, and he also asks, may Allah preserve you, about...
The Shaykh:
However, it is said that if a dog is needed, whether for guarding or for government affairs, on the condition that it is used to detect forbidden items by sniffing them, which indicates the presence of forbidden items and hidden things among them, then there is no harm in that. There is no harm in that. One pays the price, not as a sale price, but as compensation for benefiting from this treasure.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a question similar to the previous one. He says: If a person needs...
The Shaykh:
They call them police dogs. It is permissible to take money in exchange for benefiting from them, not as a price, but rather as compensation for benefiting from them. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب الإجارة — islamhouse.com (57:11)
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