The ruling on keeping a dog until it died
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The questioner:
The listener Ahmad al-Qaradi from Yemen says: If someone keeps a dog and forgets about it until it dies, what is required of him? Is he sinful?
The Shaykh:
Yes, he is sinful for keeping it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes.
The questioner:
He is not excused for leaving it due to forgetfulness.
The Shaykh:
He is not excused for forgetfulness. Why did he keep it? Yes.
The listener Ahmad al-Qaradi from Yemen says: If someone keeps a dog and forgets about it until it dies, what is required of him? Is he sinful?
The Shaykh:
Yes, he is sinful for keeping it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
I entered the Fire and saw a woman who had kept a cat, and she neither fed it nor let it go to eat from the creatures of the earth.
دخلت النار امرأة في هرة حبستها، فلا هي أطعمتها، ولا هي تركتها تأكل من خشاش الأرض.The questioner:
He is not excused for leaving it due to forgetfulness.
The Shaykh:
He is not excused for forgetfulness. Why did he keep it? Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7498 — youtube.com (6:10)
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