Keeping a dog, touching it and kissing it

 

Keeping a dog is najis & - If a muslim man keep dog just to guard the house, outside the house - put the dog at the end of the compound, how should he cleans himself, what if he cannot find any earth or mud to clean himself, is there other alternative way of cleaning himself? [sometime, he take the dog for jogging, pat the dog, kiss the dog etc] .

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly: 

Islam forbids Muslims to keep dogs, and the punishment for
that is that the one who does that loses one or two qiraats from his
hasanaat (good deeds) each day. An exception has been made in the case of
keeping dogs for hunting, guarding livestock and guarding crops. 

It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with
him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“Whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for herding, hunting or farming, one
qiraat will be deducted from his reward each day.” Narrated by Muslim,
1575. 

It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be
pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for herding
livestock or a dog that is trained for hunting, two qiraats will be deducted
from his reward each day.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5163; Muslim, 1574. 

Is it permissible to keep a dog to guard houses? 

Al-Nawawi said: 

There is a difference of
opinion as to whether it is permissible to keep dogs for purposes other than
these three, such as for guarding houses and roads. The most correct view is
that it is permissible, by analogy with these three and based on the reason
that is to be understood from the hadeeth, which is necessity. End quote. 

Sharh Muslim, 10/236 

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: 

Based on this, if a house
is in the middle of the city there is no need to keep a dog to guard it, so
keeping a dog for this purpose in such situations is haraam and is not
permitted, and it detracts one or two qiraats from a person’s reward every
day. They should get rid of this dog and not keep it. But if the house is in
the countryside and there is no one else around, then it is permissible to
keep a dog to guard the house and the people who are in it; guarding the
members of the household is more important than guarding livestock or crops.
End quote. 

Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen,
4/246 

There are several scholarly views about reconciling the
reports which say “one qiraat” and those which say “two qiraats”. 

Al-Haafiz al-‘Ayni (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: 

(a)   
It may be that they have to do
with two types of dogs, one of which could cause more harm than the other.

(b)  
It was said that “two qiraats”
applies in cities and villages, and “one qiraat” applies in the countryside.

(c)  
It was said that they were said
at two different times – “one qiraat” was mentioned first, then the warning
was made more strict and two qiraats were mentioned. 

‘Umdat al-Qaari, 12/158. 

Secondly: 

With regard to the words
of the questioner, “keeping a dog is naajis”. This is not exactly correct,
because the najaasah (impurity) is not in the dog itself, rather it is in
its saliva when it drinks from a vessel. If a person touches a dog or a dog
touches him, that does not mean that he has to purify himself, whether with
soil or water. But if a dog drinks from his vessel, then he has to throw
away the water and wash it seven times with water and the eighth time with
soil, if he wants to use it. If he makes it just for the dog then he does
not have to purify it. 

It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with
him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said: “The purification of the vessel of one of you, if a dog
licks it, is to wash it seven times, the first time with soil.” Nararted by
Muslim, 279. 

And according to another report by Muslim (280): “If a dog
licks the vessel of one of you, let him wash it seven times and rub it with
soil the eighth time.” 

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him)
said: 

With regard to dogs, there are three views among the
scholars: 

1 – That they are taahir (pure), even their saliva. This is
the view of Maalik.

2 – That they are naajis (impure), even their hair. This is
the view of al-Shaafa’i and is one of the two views narrated from Ahmad.

3 – Their hair is taahir but their saliva is naajis. This is
the view of Abu Haneefah and of Ahmad in the other report narrated from
him. 

This is the most correct
view. So if the wetness of the dog’s hair gets onto one’s garment or body,
that does not make it naajis. End quote. 

Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 21/530. 

Elsewhere he said: 

That is because the basic principle is that substances are
taahir, and it is not permissible to regard anything as naajis or haraam
without evidence, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): 

“while He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to
you, except under compulsion of necessity?”

[al-An’aam 6:119] 

“And Allaah will never lead a people astray after He has
guided them until He makes clear to them as to what they should avoid”

[al-Tawbah 9:115] 

The Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The purification of the vessel
of one of you, if a dog licks it, is to wash it seven times, the first time
with soil” – and in another hadeeth, “If a dog licks a vessel…” All of the
ahaadeeth mention licking only; they do not mention any other part of the
dog, regarding them as naajis is based only on analogy. 

Moreover, the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) granted a concession
allowing people to keep dogs for hunting, herding and farming. The one who
keeps them must touch the wetness of their hair, just as happens in the case
of mules, donkeys, etc. To suggest that their hair is naajis when touching
them cannot be avoided could impose undue hardship, which is not what the
Lawgiver intended for this ummah. 

Majmoo’ al-Fataawa,
21/217, 218 

To be on the safe side it
is better, if a person touches a dog and there is something wet on his hand,
or if there is something wet on the dog, to wash his hand seven times, one
of which should be with soil. Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said: 

With regard to touching
this dog, if there is no wetness then it does not make the hand naajis, but
if he touches it and there is any wetness, then this means that the hand
becomes naajis according to the view of many scholars, and the hand must be
washed after that seven times, one of which should be with soil. End quote.

Majmoo’ Fataawa Ibn
‘Uthaymeen, 11/246.

Thirdly: 

With regard to the way in
which purification from the najaasah of a dog is to be done, this has been
explained in the answer to question no.
41090 and
46314. 

What must be done is to
wash off the najaasah of a dog seven times, one of which should be with
soil. If soil is available then it must be used, and nothing else will do.
If no soil is available, then there is nothing wrong with using some other
cleaning agent such as soap.

Fourthly:

What the questioner
mentions about kissing the dog is something that causes many diseases. The
diseases that people may get as the result of going against sharee’ah by
kissing dogs or drinking from their vessels before purifying them are many,
such as pasturella which is a bacterial disease, the cause of which exists
naturally in the respiratory systems of humans and animals, but under
certain circumstances this germ can invade the body and cause disease.

Another of these diseases
is a parasitic disease that affects the intestines of humans and animals,
and usually affects the liver and lungs, the abdominal cavity and the rest
of the body.

This disease is caused by
tapeworms, which are small worms 2-9 millimeters long, which are formed of
three sections, a head and a neck; the head has four suckers.

The adult worms live in
the intestines of their hosts, such as dogs, cats, crows and wolves.

This disease is
transmitted to human who love dogs, when they kiss them or drink from their
vessels.

See: Amraad
al-hayawaanaat allati tuseeb al-insaan (Animal diseases that affect
humans) by Dr. ‘Ali Ismaa’eel ‘Ubayd al-Snaafi.

Conclusion:

It is not permissible to
keep dogs except for hunting or guarding livestock and crops, and it is
permissible to keep them for guarding houses so long as that is outside the
city and that there is no other means of guarding the house. The Muslim
should not imitate the kuffaar by running with the dog or touching its mouth
and kissing it, which causes many diseases.

Praise be to Allaah for
this pure and perfect sharee’ah, which came to set people’s spiritual and
worldly affairs straight, but most people do not realize.

And Allaah knows best.

Following note from Learning Quran online Blog 

 

Learn holy Quran online which it self states in it that only those who are learn quran and pure should touch the holy text: This is indeed a Quran in Arabic in a book well-guarded, which none shall touch but those who are clean (56:77-79).  One should make formal ablutions before handling or Quran reading and this the quran tutor should tell in his quran teaching when quran for kids lessons are going on. After intercourse or menstrual bleeding one should not touch the holy Quran or do quran recitation and also not do quran memorization until after bathing non-Muslim should not handle the sacred text, but may listen to Quran online or read quran translation or exegesis. With all these things in mind when one is not reading or reciting holy Quran it should be closed and stored in nice and clean place, it should never be placed on floor or in a bathroom and Muslim should focus on reading quran the tajweed quran and its rules with a proper institute.

End of the note by holy Quran reciter