Is it permissible for my sister to keep the elderly dog out of care for it? Will she be sinful for that? And is the name "Angelic Care" suitable for a childcare facility, and does it not resemble Christians?
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It is forbidden to keep dogs without need, such as for hunting or guarding livestock and crops. It is permissible to keep them for guarding houses by analogy, when there is a need. Whoever keeps a dog for reasons other than these will have a qirat or two qirats deducted from his reward daily, and angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog. As for naming a nursery "Angelic Care," it is not appropriate, due to the suspicion of imitating disbelievers in describing angels as females, and imitating Christians, and because it is an exaggeration or a lie.
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