صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب المساقاةThe Book of Musaqah
باب الأَمْرِ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلاَبِ وَبَيَانِ نَسْخِهِ وَبَيَانِ تَحْرِيمِ اقْتِنَائِهَا إِلاَّ لِصَيْدٍ أَوْ زَرْعٍ أَوْ مَاشِيَةٍ وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ.Chapter: The command to kill dogs, and its abrogation. The prohibition of keeping dogs, except for hunting, farming, (herding) livestock and the like
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ . ح وحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، يَقُولُ : " أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلَابِ ، حَتَّى إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ تَقْدَمُ مِنَ الْبَادِيَةِ بِكَلْبِهَا فَنَقْتُلُهُ ، ثُمَّ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ قَتْلِهَا " ، وَقَالَ : " عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْأَسْوَدِ الْبَهِيمِ ذِي النُّقْطَتَيْنِ ، فَإِنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ " .
Abu Zubair heard Jabir bin 'Abdullah (RA) saying: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered us to kill dogs, and we carried out this order so much so that we also kill the dog coming with a woman from the desert. Then Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) forbade their killing. He (the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) further) said: It is your duty the jet-black (dog) having two spots (on the eyes), for it is a devil.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
➊ In the beginning, a general command was given to kill dogs in order to instill aversion towards them.
➋ Gradually, as this aversion became firmly established,
➌ then those dogs which did not cause harm or injury,
➍ the killing of such dogs was prohibited.
➎ An extremely black dog is frightening, and people feel danger and fear from it,
➏ therefore, the permission to kill it was maintained.
➐ And due to its harm and danger, it was described as a devil (shaytan),
➑ or the black dog with two spots over its eyes is, in reality, a devil—and the true reality of this is best known to Allah.
Benefits and Issues:
➊ In the beginning, a general command was given to kill dogs in order to instill aversion towards them.
➋ Gradually, as this aversion became firmly established,
➌ then those dogs which did not cause harm or injury,
➍ the killing of such dogs was prohibited.
➎ An extremely black dog is frightening, and people feel danger and fear from it,
➏ therefore, the permission to kill it was maintained.
➐ And due to its harm and danger, it was described as a devil (shaytan),
➑ or the black dog with two spots over its eyes is, in reality, a devil—and the true reality of this is best known to Allah.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 4020
