Keeping Dog In Home As A Pet
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Thank you very much. JazakAllah khair. And I wanted to know about black dog hadith as it sounds not correct to me. If someone knows. Thank you for your time and effort. May Allah reward you with best.
While understanding any hadith, especially those which prima facie appear to give an absolute directive, following points must be kept in mind: Discussion 32850 • Reply 32869 Secondly, the hadith regarding black dog, when contemplated upon, clearly shows that it was a temporary measure taken to counter a certain situation that could’ve arisen due to a number of reasons and one black dog could’ve caused the most harm ( may be because of troubles created for the peeople by too many street dogs, which happens even today in countries like Pakistan and dogs have to be culled when they start harming people ). This is in no way an absolute directive: https://sunnah.com/muslim:1572