Unclear Hadith About Keeping Dogs
Another version of the same report uses the word امسک for keeping a dog, which means restrict him. this is condemnable. https://sunnah.com/muslim:1575c In principle, we have to understand Ahadith in the frame of the principles we have from the Quran. If not explicated, we have to interpret a hadith according to the principles, and if we do not find any clue to interpreting a hadith according to the principles, we have to discard it or suspend it until we find something to explain it in accordance with the principles. We attribute the incompatibility to the narrators’ understanding and misreporting.