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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it established that a man entered Paradise because of a dog, despite being a disbeliever?

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The questioner : O Shaykh, is it established in the hadith that a man entered Paradise because of, I mean, a dog, and that a woman entered the Fire because of a dog... If it is established that a man entered Paradise because of a dog and that woman entered the Fire because of a cat, then the entry of, I mean, a... disbeliever is all the more so, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Is the dog a disbeliever?

The questioner : No, I mean, O Shaykh, if the dog is an animal, O Shaykh, I mean, it has no value.

The Shaykh : Well, the disbeliever is more vile than the dog; the disbeliever is more vile than the dog. We were commanded to kill him and fight him.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : No, no, we were commanded to kill dogs, then prohibited from killing them, then prohibited from killing them.

The questioner : Black dogs.

The Shaykh : The black dog, because it is like the disbeliever, a devil. Yes, how?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh :
And We made from among them leaders guiding by Our command وجعلنا منهم أئمة يهدون بأمرنا
[As-Sajdah 32:24]
Yes.
Source alathar.net

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