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What is the ruling on working in dog training?

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It is not permissible to train dogs or keep them except out of necessity (such as for hunting, guarding livestock and crops, or detecting crimes). Whoever keeps a dog for reasons other than these will have a qirat deducted from their good deeds every day, due to the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "Whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for herding or a dog for hunting, will have a qirat deducted from his good deeds every day."

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