Saima ansari (2026)

02/06/2023

Remember the happiest people are the people of Tawheed, so if you want your child to be content & happy both in dunya and aakhira, teach them Tawheed.♥️

02/06/2023

Say Alhamdulillah that you are a muslimah💝
🎁 I hope you receive this advice in the spirit in which it is intended: the spirit of friendship, respect, and admiration.
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01/06/2023

The prohibition in these ahaadeeth is vividly clear.

So the fact that the dog was with the people of the cave does NOT mean that it’s allowed to keep dogs as PETS.

How can I say that?

Let’s look at some points.

1️⃣ Allaah is mentioning a *“specific circumstance”* where a dog *happened* to accompany the young men when they escaped the tyrant king.
It’s just a matter-of-fact information.
That’s not any evidence that Allaah is “approving” or “encouraging” us to keep dogs as pets.

Just because Allaah mentions a dog in that story does not mean that it’s allowed to have a dog for ALL time to come till eternity!

2️⃣ Even if the young men had the dog with them, that still doesn’t mean that it’s allowed to keep dogs as pets.

That’s because the dog was NOT INSIDE the cave; rather he lay at the *entrance* and he was GUARDING the youth.

🍃 Allaah tells us:

‎وَكَلْبُهُم بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَصِيدِ

“their dog stretched his forelegs ‘at the entrance’" (Surah al-Kahf: 18)

And it’s *allowed* to keep dogs for “GUARDING” purposes as per the authentic hadeeth of the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam quoted above.

🍃 Imaam Ibn Kathir said:

“Ibn Jurayj said “He was *guarding* the door for them.”
It was his nature and habit to lie down at their door as if guarding them.
He was sitting outside the door, because the angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog, as was reported in As-Saheeh, nor do they enter a house in which there is an image, a person in state of ritual impurity or a disbeliever, as was narrated in the Hasan Hadeeth.

The blessing they enjoyed extended to their dog, so the sleep that overtook them overtook him too.
This is the benefit of accompanying good people, and so this dog attained fame and stature.” (Tafseer Ibn Katheer)

3️⃣ Even if keeping a dog as a pet was allowed in the Sharee’ah of *that* time, thousands of years ago, it is *not* allowed in the Sharee’ah that our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ brought.
ALL the legislation of previous Prophets has been ABROGATED by the Sharee’ah that was given to the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam.
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