Animals and Pets
96 questions
Is hunting forbidden during animals' breeding seasons?
What is the ruling on keeping ornamental fish tanks in the house, and does that prevent sustenance from reaching its occupants?
Is raising birds in cages considered a forbidden innovation?
What is the ruling on keeping dogs in gardens or homes with the intention of guarding, and how should they be treated, and what should one do if touched by their nose or saliva?
What is the ruling on reporting stray dogs if that leads to their poisoning?
What is the ruling on removing the wing of a harmful pigeon and then releasing it, and is there any consequence for the one who does so?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on a dog remaining inside the house, and what are the resulting implications of impurity and odor that affect the wife's health?
What is the ruling on keeping a pig in the house instead of a dog, and is it permissible to keep it as a pet since there is no textual evidence prohibiting it, and is it permissible to keep a dog as a pet outside the house?
Is it permissible to release trained hunting dogs to hunt wild boars and eat them, in order to provide food and money necessary to feed them?
Is the gecko that we are commanded to kill the same as "Abu Baris" (the house gecko) that is found in homes and feeds on insects?
What is the ruling on opening an online store to sell food, supplies, and accessories for pets, given that the food may contain animal products from unknown sources (possibly pork or carrion), and that the supplies include cages, collars, and other items?
Is a woman who accidentally dropped a decorative bird's cage from her hand, resulting in its death, held accountable for this, and is she considered sinful for it?
Is it permissible to leave bees to graze in people's lands without their permission?
Are you sinful for letting cats die of starvation after moving them to the roof, even though food and water are available to them?
Is it permissible to kill a dog that harms the household and causes them health, psychological, and financial problems?
Is it permissible to hunt pigeons alive to feed them to falcons?
What is the Islamic ruling on keeping wolves and foxes as pets after taming them and coexisting with them?
What is the ruling on feeding crows and rats, and is the one who places food with the intention for these animals to eat it rewarded?
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?
What is the ruling on raising pigeons for commercial purposes or to benefit from their meat and eggs? And does the Prophet's (PBUH) likening of them to Satan in the Hadith: "A devil pursuing a she-devil" indicate their prohibition or detestability? What is the preponderant opinion among scholarly fatwas on this issue?
Is one sinful for not killing a gecko due to inability to do so, and is its droppings that touch the mosque carpet excused without washing the spot, and does this fall under the principle of "hardship brings ease" or is it considered among what has no flowing blood?
Is there a legal reference that compiles the juristic rulings related to veterinary medicine to determine the ruling on procedures performed on animals such as mice and dogs, killing animals for experiments, and treating harmful vermin?
What is the ruling on taking a kitten from its mother before weaning in order to nurse it and care for it to make it tame, knowing that the mother is a predator and it is difficult to domesticate her young when they grow up?
Is it permissible for a person with epilepsy to own a dog to draw off electrical brain activity and alert her to seizure times?