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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل القتل والجرائم الأخرى وأحكام الدماءIssues of Killing, Other Crimes, and Blood Laws
تَابُ مَا يَجُوزُ اقْتِنَاؤُهُ مِنَ الْكِلَابِ بَعْدَ الرُّحْصَةِ وَمَا لَايَجُوزُChapter: What is permissible to keep of dogs after the concession and what is not
Hadith 6519
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ أَمْسَكَ كَلْبًا فَإِنَّهُ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قِيرَاطٌ إِلَّا كَلْبَ حَرْثٍ أَوْ مَاشِيَةٍ
Narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever keeps a dog, one qirat from his deeds is reduced every day, except if the dog is for guarding crops or livestock.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … A dog may be kept for the protection of crops and livestock, and for the purpose of hunting; similarly, due to extreme necessity, it may also be permitted to keep a dog for guarding the house. Whoever keeps a dog for reasons other than the aforementioned cases is at a loss; from his good deeds, a weight of one qirat will be reduced daily. In the next hadith, two qirat are mentioned.
The term "qirat" is applied to two types of weights:
(1) To a small weight, in such a way that one dinar is equal to twenty qirat, and a dinar is four and a half mashas (i.e., 3.74 grams), so the weight of one qirat is approximately (220) milligrams.
(2) To an extraordinary weight; in specific hadiths, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) has equated the qirat to the weight of Mount Uhud.
Now the question is: what is meant by qirat in the hadiths of this chapter? Regarding this, the opinions of the scholars differ; some have taken it to mean the small weight, and some the extraordinary.
Due to the following two points, in this context, the unrestricted qirat should be understood as the small one:
(1) The grace, bounty, and mercy of Allah Ta'ala are vast, in fact, greater than His anger and punishment; therefore, it is appropriate that fewer good deeds are deducted.
(2) The temperament of the pure Shari‘ah is gentleness, not severity, and gentleness is found in taking the small qirat as the meaning.
The term "qirat" is applied to two types of weights:
(1) To a small weight, in such a way that one dinar is equal to twenty qirat, and a dinar is four and a half mashas (i.e., 3.74 grams), so the weight of one qirat is approximately (220) milligrams.
(2) To an extraordinary weight; in specific hadiths, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) has equated the qirat to the weight of Mount Uhud.
Now the question is: what is meant by qirat in the hadiths of this chapter? Regarding this, the opinions of the scholars differ; some have taken it to mean the small weight, and some the extraordinary.
Due to the following two points, in this context, the unrestricted qirat should be understood as the small one:
(1) The grace, bounty, and mercy of Allah Ta'ala are vast, in fact, greater than His anger and punishment; therefore, it is appropriate that fewer good deeds are deducted.
(2) The temperament of the pure Shari‘ah is gentleness, not severity, and gentleness is found in taking the small qirat as the meaning.
