Tying up a dog with the intention of killing it for three days until it died of hunger and thirst: Am I sinful?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We had a hunting dog that we used for hunting, and after a while its behavior became bad, so I resolved to throw it far away. I took it and threw it, and after four days it came back to us. I tied it up for three days until it died from severe hunger and thirst. I always remember this dog, and I remember its voice when it was in pain. Was I sinful? And if I was sinful, is there anything required of me?
Answer:
Yes, you are sinful and a transgressor. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Enter the Fire, so you must repent to Allah the Mighty and Majestic and seek forgiveness, and do not return to such an action. Allah accepts the repentance of whoever repents. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: We had a hunting dog that we used for hunting, and after a while its behavior became bad, so I resolved to throw it far away. I took it and threw it, and after four days it came back to us. I tied it up for three days until it died from severe hunger and thirst. I always remember this dog, and I remember its voice when it was in pain. Was I sinful? And if I was sinful, is there anything required of me?
Answer:
Yes, you are sinful and a transgressor. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
I entered the Fire and found a woman who had imprisoned a cat; 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
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [91 -954] ربطت كلبا بنية قتله لمدة ثلاثة أيام حتى مات من الجوع والعطش فهل أنا مذنب؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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