What is the ruling regarding a wife's refusal to cook for her husband's dogs due to her dislike and weariness of them?
It is forbidden to keep dogs except for hunting or guarding (livestock, crops, houses). The one who does so loses a qirat or two qirats from their reward every day. If keeping a dog is permissible, then there is no harm in bringing the dog into the house, and it does not prevent angels from entering. It is also absolutely forbidden to sell dogs or to raise them for sale. The wife is not obligated to feed her husband's dogs or to care for them, but it is preferable for her to assist her husband in this, out of good companionship, if keeping them is permissible. However, if keeping dogs is forbidden, it is not permissible for the wife to cook for them, as that constitutes assisting in disobedience, and there is no obedience to a creature in disobeying the Creator.
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