If a dog belongs to a non-Muslim granted safe conduct or a protected non-Muslim, and he abandons it, is it permissible to kill it or benefit from it?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. When 'Isa killed the pig, does that mean it is prescribed for us to kill the pig?
The Shaykh : Yes, if it does not belong to anyone. If it belongs to a non-Muslim granted safe conduct or a protected non-Muslim, it is respected.
The questioner : Okay, meaning some people put them in a zoo, meaning some Muslims. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh : Do you not know that some people become attached to the dog, and it is filthier than the pig? The impurity of the dog is not purified except with seven washes, one of which is with dust. The pig is like the others. Do you understand?
And it was mentioned to some people a strange opinion. He says: Every morning he washes this dog with soap. Is this correct? By Allah, it is ignorance and foolishness. If the dog were subjected to seawater and the soap of every factory, it would not be purified forever. But these... they have allowed themselves to waste their wealth in what has no benefit, but rather in what is harmful. Its skin may not... water except after a week, but the dog's skin every morning. Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Shaykh, meaning it is not permissible...?
The Shaykh : The one who is?
The questioner : The pig?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is not permissible. And what makes it permissible? Because it means wasting wealth in spending on it. It is a waste, and one does not benefit from it. He does not benefit from it at all. He does not ride it. If it were like a donkey that one rides, perhaps one could pay for it.
The questioner : And even the other animals...
The Shaykh : Even the other animals, in reality, it is wasting wealth. What concern do we have with wild beasts? Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, if it does not belong to anyone. If it belongs to a non-Muslim granted safe conduct or a protected non-Muslim, it is respected.
The questioner : Okay, meaning some people put them in a zoo, meaning some Muslims. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh : Do you not know that some people become attached to the dog, and it is filthier than the pig? The impurity of the dog is not purified except with seven washes, one of which is with dust. The pig is like the others. Do you understand?
And it was mentioned to some people a strange opinion. He says: Every morning he washes this dog with soap. Is this correct? By Allah, it is ignorance and foolishness. If the dog were subjected to seawater and the soap of every factory, it would not be purified forever. But these... they have allowed themselves to waste their wealth in what has no benefit, but rather in what is harmful. Its skin may not... water except after a week, but the dog's skin every morning. Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : Shaykh, meaning it is not permissible...?
The Shaykh : The one who is?
The questioner : The pig?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is not permissible. And what makes it permissible? Because it means wasting wealth in spending on it. It is a waste, and one does not benefit from it. He does not benefit from it at all. He does not ride it. If it were like a donkey that one rides, perhaps one could pay for it.
The questioner : And even the other animals...
The Shaykh : Even the other animals, in reality, it is wasting wealth. What concern do we have with wild beasts? Yes.