What is the ruling on selling and buying animals that have no benefit, such as placing them in parks?
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The questioner : ... regarding visiting animals ...
The Shaykh : Visiting?
The questioner : Yes, people watch them.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, that is right.
The questioner : You mentioned ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. We have discussed the issue of selling or buying animals that have no benefit, such as the pig and others. Brother Ali said: Perhaps this can be utilized in zoos for the purpose of viewing and observing the creations of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and that this contains some element of enjoyment. So, what is your opinion: Do we say that such a benefit permits us to spend large sums of money, where a pig might be bought for three or ten times its actual value?
The student: Police dogs.
The Shaykh : Yes? No, there is nothing wrong with police dogs; police dogs have a great benefit.
The student: How is their testimony accepted?
The Shaykh : No, no, my brother, they do not take its testimony, but if it indicates something to them, they make that a piece of evidence. And it is not even testifying itself.
The student: Narcotics.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: It detects narcotics.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right, but is it beneficial or not? It is very beneficial.
The student: Thieves as well, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: ... a group of such people, they set them up, and they bring the dog, and then they go to the scene of the incident, and the dog goes to the scene of the incident, and then if it sees the group, it brings them, and then the dog comes out, and the thieves are revealed from among them.
The Shaykh : Yes, but the problem with this, O Hajjaj, is that there is a problem with it. Suppose an innocent person passed by the scene of the incident after the thief.
The student: That is the problem.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is the problem; the innocent person becomes the thief now, because his scent is the most recent.
The student: The answer now.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: What is the answer?
The Shaykh : By Allah, my brother, after you said this, I hesitated about the matter, but I still see that spending money on these things is a mistake. What is its benefit? The benefit, the operative cause, is not this. The benefit is that I place a park in schools, for example, scientific ones, rather than placing it for people so that they see in it harms from a social perspective. Now, women and young men and young women come, yes, that is right. You do not know that, even with the praise of Allah, with our governance here in the Kingdom, we made one day for women and one day for men. The newspapers of the envious, disbelieving West began to strike this chord: "Saudi Arabia does not protect women," "Saudi Arabia tells women to cover your faces," "Saudi Arabia makes one day in the parks for men and one day for women." This is in the newspapers of the West, because the West is an enemy, and after the end of the war, after the conflict, they want to tighten the noose on us, but, if Allah wills, Allah intends to make their plot return to their own necks.
The student: I say, Ameen ...
The Shaykh : Yes? What? What?
The student: If this ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The student: ... is forbidden.
The Shaykh : By Allah, my brother, I do not know; I am actually hesitating. I am hesitating in this matter after you spoke to me, but those who ask me, I tell them: If you have surplus money, put it for the poor or in the mosques. Otherwise, a person can make it in his house. What is the purpose? What is the purpose is swings and things like that. We bring swings, and we raise a cat for them to play with.
The student: The parks, O Shaykh ... are free.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: The parks ...
The Shaykh : Yes, save your time, O Shaker, save your time.
The reader: Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Visiting?
The questioner : Yes, people watch them.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, that is right.
The questioner : You mentioned ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. We have discussed the issue of selling or buying animals that have no benefit, such as the pig and others. Brother Ali said: Perhaps this can be utilized in zoos for the purpose of viewing and observing the creations of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and that this contains some element of enjoyment. So, what is your opinion: Do we say that such a benefit permits us to spend large sums of money, where a pig might be bought for three or ten times its actual value?
The student: Police dogs.
The Shaykh : Yes? No, there is nothing wrong with police dogs; police dogs have a great benefit.
The student: How is their testimony accepted?
The Shaykh : No, no, my brother, they do not take its testimony, but if it indicates something to them, they make that a piece of evidence. And it is not even testifying itself.
The student: Narcotics.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: It detects narcotics.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right, but is it beneficial or not? It is very beneficial.
The student: Thieves as well, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: ... a group of such people, they set them up, and they bring the dog, and then they go to the scene of the incident, and the dog goes to the scene of the incident, and then if it sees the group, it brings them, and then the dog comes out, and the thieves are revealed from among them.
The Shaykh : Yes, but the problem with this, O Hajjaj, is that there is a problem with it. Suppose an innocent person passed by the scene of the incident after the thief.
The student: That is the problem.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is the problem; the innocent person becomes the thief now, because his scent is the most recent.
The student: The answer now.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: What is the answer?
The Shaykh : By Allah, my brother, after you said this, I hesitated about the matter, but I still see that spending money on these things is a mistake. What is its benefit? The benefit, the operative cause, is not this. The benefit is that I place a park in schools, for example, scientific ones, rather than placing it for people so that they see in it harms from a social perspective. Now, women and young men and young women come, yes, that is right. You do not know that, even with the praise of Allah, with our governance here in the Kingdom, we made one day for women and one day for men. The newspapers of the envious, disbelieving West began to strike this chord: "Saudi Arabia does not protect women," "Saudi Arabia tells women to cover your faces," "Saudi Arabia makes one day in the parks for men and one day for women." This is in the newspapers of the West, because the West is an enemy, and after the end of the war, after the conflict, they want to tighten the noose on us, but, if Allah wills, Allah intends to make their plot return to their own necks.
The student: I say, Ameen ...
The Shaykh : Yes? What? What?
The student: If this ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The student: ... is forbidden.
The Shaykh : By Allah, my brother, I do not know; I am actually hesitating. I am hesitating in this matter after you spoke to me, but those who ask me, I tell them: If you have surplus money, put it for the poor or in the mosques. Otherwise, a person can make it in his house. What is the purpose? What is the purpose is swings and things like that. We bring swings, and we raise a cat for them to play with.
The student: The parks, O Shaykh ... are free.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: The parks ...
The Shaykh : Yes, save your time, O Shaker, save your time.
The reader: Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.