What is the wisdom behind washing the saliva of a dog seven times?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Did the Sunnah come with the ruling that the vessel from which a dog has drunk is washed seven times, one of which with soil, and that urine is washed until the impurity is removed? I say, did the Sunnah come with this? I am asking you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If the Sunnah has come with something, O Salim, then say: We submit, we hear, and we obey. If we understand the wisdom, that is from the grace of Allah, and if we do not understand it, the wisdom is that of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. For this reason, when Aisha was asked: Why does the menstruating woman make up the fast but not the prayer? She said:Mishkat al-Masabih 2032.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who says that, do you mean the dog? They say that this washing is not for the impurity, but for the harm caused by its saliva. For this reason, they say that it contains a tapeworm, like a strip, small, which is not killed except by being overwhelmed with water and crushed with soil. Be patient, O Adam, did you understand? They say that if it were for the impurity, then when the impurity is gone, it would become pure like other impurities.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Do you see, this is the school of Malik; the purity of the dog is not the opinion of one person among the people, it is an established school. And they justify the obligation of washing with what you heard. Did you understand?
The Shaykh : Did the Sunnah come with the ruling that the vessel from which a dog has drunk is washed seven times, one of which with soil, and that urine is washed until the impurity is removed? I say, did the Sunnah come with this? I am asking you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If the Sunnah has come with something, O Salim, then say: We submit, we hear, and we obey. If we understand the wisdom, that is from the grace of Allah, and if we do not understand it, the wisdom is that of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. For this reason, when Aisha was asked: Why does the menstruating woman make up the fast but not the prayer? She said:
That happened to us, and we were ordered to make up for the fast, but were not ordered to make up for the prayer.
كان يصيبنا ذلك فنؤمر بقضاء الصوم ولا نؤمر بقضاء الصلاةThe questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who says that, do you mean the dog? They say that this washing is not for the impurity, but for the harm caused by its saliva. For this reason, they say that it contains a tapeworm, like a strip, small, which is not killed except by being overwhelmed with water and crushed with soil. Be patient, O Adam, did you understand? They say that if it were for the impurity, then when the impurity is gone, it would become pure like other impurities.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Do you see, this is the school of Malik; the purity of the dog is not the opinion of one person among the people, it is an established school. And they justify the obligation of washing with what you heard. Did you understand?