Is it permissible to buy a cat, and does the price of a cat follow the price of a dog?

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The questioner : Is it permissible to buy a cat...

The Shaykh : No, correct the first word. Does the price of the dog follow the price of the cat, or does the price of the cat follow the price of the dog?
The student: The price of the cat, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : The price of the cat follows the price of the dog. Yes, there is scholarly disagreement on this issue, but it is established in Sahih Muslim from the hadith of Jabir:

that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade the sale price of a dog

أنّ الرّسول صلّى الله عليه وسلّم نهى عن ثمن الّسنّور

Muwatta Malik 31:70

The cat, which is the cat, and the correct view is that its price is not permissible, and selling it is not permissible. Some scholars permitted selling it, but the correct view is that it is not permissible due to the hadith. The jurists reasoned that this is something that is abundant among people and has no customary value, like water. And

The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited selling water for a price.

نهى الرّسول عليه الصّلاة والسّلام عن بيع الماء عن ثمن الماء

said that these are of no benefit, but in reality, some cats are beneficial; they are beneficial against mice, rats, and scorpions, and some even... some even against flies. Yes.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.

The questioner : ...

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner : ...the prohibition of prostitution and the prohibition of fortune-telling.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : He prohibited the use of the dog... In this hadith, prostitution is forbidden, and fortune-telling is likewise.

The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.

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