Is not the kept dog something from which one cannot guard oneself, so why was its sweat and the like not excused?
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The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, the dog is an exception. For this reason, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 172 The statement by some scholars that the dog referred to is one whose keeping is not permissible is an error. Because if we understood it to refer to a dog whose keeping is not permissible, we would be applying the hadith to a rare thing that is prohibited by the Shari'ah, while leaving aside the common thing that is permissible by the Shari'ah.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the impurity of domestic donkeys is not, for example, in their drinking or their sweat or the like, that it is merely impure. Also, there is the hadith regarding the meat of domestic donkeys. But the dog is explicit; if it drinks, if it licks, it is explicit in the matter.
The Shaykh : No, the dog is an exception. For this reason, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
If a dog drinks from the utensil of anyone of you
إذا شرب الكلب في إناء أحدكمThe questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes, the impurity of domestic donkeys is not, for example, in their drinking or their sweat or the like, that it is merely impure. Also, there is the hadith regarding the meat of domestic donkeys. But the dog is explicit; if it drinks, if it licks, it is explicit in the matter.