What is the point of mentioning the dog in the story of the people of the Cave?
Answer :
Praise be to Allaah.
Shaykh al-Shanqeeti (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
Note that Allaah mentions this dog in His Book, and says that he was stretching forth his two forelegs at the entrance to the Cave [al-Kahf 18:18], in the context of referring to their high status. This indicates the great benefit to be gained by keeping company with righteous people. Ibn Katheer (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in his commentary on this aayah:
�Their dog was included in their blessing, so he slept as they slept in that situation. This is the benefit of keeping company with righteous people, so this dog was mentioned and was given status too.�
This meaning is also indicated by the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah, in which he said to the one who said that he loved Allaah and His Messenger, �You will be with those whom you love.� (Agreed upon, from the hadeeth of Anas).
From this it may be understood that keeping company with bad people causes a great deal of harm, as Allaah explained in Soorat al-Saaffaat, where He says (interpretation of the meaning):
�A speaker of them will say: Verily, I had a companion (in the world),
Who used to say: Are you among those who believe (in resurrection after death).
(That) when we die and become dust and bones, shall we indeed (be raised up) to receive reward or punishment (according to our deeds)?
(The speaker) said: Will you look down?
So he looked down and saw him in the midst of the Fire.
He said: By Allaah! You have nearly ruined me.
Had it not been for the Grace of my Lord, I would certainly have been among those brought forth (to Hell)�
[al-Saaffaat 37:51-57]
Adwaa� al-Bayaan, 4/47-48. (www.islam-qa.com)
Question :
Myself, my mother and sister are living alone in a house. sometimes I've got to leave town due to work and my mother and sister stay alone. there is no one living below and the house is big. Can we rear any pets for some protection against intruders or thiefs? If we can, what knid of pets can we rear?.
Answer :
Praise be to Allaah.It is permissible to keep a dog as a guard dog, so long as you avoid letting it inside the house and are careful to avoid letting it make vessels and clothes naajis (impure), because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: �Whoever keeps a dog, his reward for good deeds will decrease by one qeeraat every day, except dogs used for farming or herding livestock.� Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 2322.
The version narrated by Muslim (1574) says: �Whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for hunting or herding livestock, his reward will be decreased by two qeeraats every day.�
Dogs used for farming or herding livestock are those that are used to guard them.
This hadeeth indicates that it is permissible to keep a dog to guard one�s property.
Al-�Iraaqi said in Tarh al-Tathreeb, 6/28: Our companions and others said: it is permissible to keep a dog for these three purposes, namely hunting and protecting one�s livestock and farmland. They differed concerning keeping a dog for the fourth purpose, which is to guard houses or roads etc. Some of our companions said that it is not permissible because of this hadeeth and others, which clearly state that it is haraam except for one of these three things. But most of them said, which is the more correct view, that it is permissible by way of analogy, based on the reason that may be understood from this hadeeth, which is necessity.�
With regard to preventing the dog from entering the house, that is because of the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): �The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.�
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3322; Muslim, 2106.
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Question :
We know from Hadith that the Angels do not enter into a house where pictures/phograhps of living things (humans or animals )are displased.
What is the ruling for keeping the photographs of family relatives and pictures appearing in magazines/news papers etc. and toys like dolls and sruptures of animals.
Your kind reply based on teaching of Quran and Hadith is most kindly requested. May Allah bless you for this act of kindness.
Answer :
Praise be to Allaah.Firstly:
Image-making is of two types: one by hand and the other by means of machines.
Image-making by hand is haraam, and is in fact a major sin, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed the one who does it. He did not differentiate between images that have a shadow (i.e., three-dimensional) or those that are simply drawn (two-dimensional), according to the more correct scholarly opinion, because of the general meaning of the hadeeth.
With regard to image-making by means of machines, i.e. cameras, there is a difference of opinion among the later scholars on this matter. Some of them forbid it and some of them allow it.
In order to be on the safe side, it is better to avoid that, because it is one of the doubtful areas. And whoever is careful with regard to doubtful matters will protect his religious commitment and his honour. But if he needs to do that for a specific purpose such as proving his identity, there is nothing wrong with that because if there is a need, the matter is no longer doubtful.
Secondly:
With regard to keeping pictures, this is also of two types:
The first type is keeping images that are three-dimensional. Keeping them is haraam. Ibn al-�Arabi narrated that there is consensus on this point. See Fath al-Baari, p. 388, vol. 10). He said: This consensus has to do with things other than girls� dolls.
It was narrated that �Aa�ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: �I used to play with dolls in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and I had friends who would play with me. When the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) entered they would hide themselves and he would call them to come and play with me. Narrated by al-Bukhaari, no. 5779; Muslim, no. 2440.
The second type is images that are not three-dimensional. These are of different types:
1- Those that are hung up to be venerated and respected, as in the case of pictures of kings, presidents, ministers, scholars etc. This is haraam because it involves exaggeration about a created being.
2- Those that are hung up for the sake of memory, such as hanging up pictures of one's friends. This is also haraam, because of the hadeeth narrated in Saheeh al-Bukhaari from Abu Talhah (may Allaah be pleased with him), who said: �I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: �The angels do not enter any house in which there is a dog or an image.�� Narrated by Muslim, no. 2104).
3- Those that are hung up for the purpose of adornment. These are also haraam because of the hadeeth of �Aa�ishah who said: �The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came back from a journey and I had hung a patterned curtain on which there were images over (the door of) a room of mine. When the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) saw it, he tore it and said, �The most severely punished of the people on the Day of Resurrection will be those who tried to imitate the creation of Allaah.�� She said: �So I made it into one or two cushions.� Narrated by al-Bukhaari, no. 5610; Muslim, no. 2107.
4- Those that are treated with disrespect, such as images in carpets and pillows. Al-Nawawi narrated from the majority of scholars among the Sahaabah and Taabi�een that these are permissible.
5- Those that have unfortunately become widespread and are difficult to avoid, such as images engraved on coins etc which have become a problem for the Muslim ummah. It seems to me that there is no sin on the one who acquires these without wanting to acquire images.
Thirdly:
With regard to dolls that children play with:
An exception is made in the case of children�s toys, which are not regarded as haraam or makrooh. But what are the toys which are exempted? We know that the toys of the past did not have eyes and lips and noses as they do nowadays. I think it is better to avoid these toys and limit oneself to those the kind of toys that were known previously.
See Fataawa al-�Aqeedah by Shaykh Ibn �Uthaymeen, p. 66, 663, 679
And Allaah knows best.
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Ameen Izzadeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear brothers/sistersI read the hadees regarding dogs. But what baffles me is the verses of Surah Kuhf where the youths who slept for years had a dog, a companion.If Allah has approved the companionship of a dog then why is he forbidding it for us? Besides there is also a hadees where a woman of ill-fame is rewarded for quenching the thirst of a dog.How authentic are hadees one cites on the question of dogsAmeen
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