Is it permissible to sterilize cats (castrating males and spaying females) if they cause great disturbance to their owners, and for fear of them contracting serious diseases that might afflict them if they are not mated, or being exposed to danger if they are expelled to the street should they give birth, bearing in mind that raising them may be for moral benefit?
It is permissible to castrate a cat if it entails a sharia-compliant benefit or averts harm. Among the harms averted are its disturbing noises and urination on furniture, so there is no objection to it.
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