CHAPTER: COMMAND OF KILLING DOGS AND THEN ITS ABROGATION, AND PROHIBITION OF KEEPING THEM BUT FOR HUNTING AND PROTECTION OF LANDS OR CATTLE OR LIKE THAT
No. 3809
Ibn 'Umar (Allaah be pleased with them) reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) giving command for killing dogs.
No. 3810
Ibn 'Umar (Allaah be pleased with them) reported: Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) ordered to kill dogs, and he sent (men) to the corners of Medina that they should be killed.
No. 3811
Abdullah (b. Umar) (Allaah be pleased with them) reported: Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) ordered the killing of dogs and we would send (men) in Medina and its corners and we did not spare any dog that we did not kill, so much so that we killed the dog that accompanied the wet she-camel belonging to the people of the desert.
No. 3812
Ibn Umar (Allaah be pleased with them) reported that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) ordered the killing of dogs except the dog tamed for hunting, or watching of the herd of sheep or other domestic animals. It was said to Ibn Umar (Allaah be pleased with them) that Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) talks of (exception) about the dog for watching the field, whereupon he said: Since Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) possessed land.
No. 3813
Abu Zubair heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allaah be pleased with him) saying: Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) ordered us to kill dogs, and we carried out this order so much so that we also kill the dog coming with a woman from the desert. Then Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade their killing. He (the Prophet further) said: It is your duty the jet-black (dog) having two spots (on the eyes), for it is a devil.
No. 3814
Ibn Mughaffal reported: Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) ordered the killing of dogs and then said: what is the trouble with them (the people of Medina)? How dogs are nuisance to them (the citizens of Medina)? He then permitted keehing of dogs for hunting and (the protection of) herds. In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Yahya, he (the Prophet) permitted the keeping of dogs for (the protection of) herds, for hunting and (the protection of) cultivated land.
No. 3815
Ibn Umar (Allaah be pleased with him) reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: He who keeps a dog other than that meant for watching the herd or for hunting loses every day out of his deeds equal to two qirat.
No. 3816
Salim reported on the authority of his father that Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: He who kept a dog other than one meant for hunting or for watching the herd, lost two qirat of his reward every day.
No. 3817
Ibn 'Umar reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying He who kept a dog other than one meant for hunting or for watching the herd lost out of his deeds (equal to) two qirat every day.
No. 3818
Salim b. 'Abdullah reported on the authority of his father that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: He who kept a dog other than one meant for watching the herd or for hunting would lose every day two qirat of his good deeds. 'Abdullah and Abu Huraira also said: Or dog meant for watching the field.
No. 3819
Salim reported on the authority of his father (Allaah be pleased with him) that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: He who kept a dog other than one meant for hunting or for the protection of the herd would lose two qirat of his deeds every day. Salim said: Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) used to say: Or the dog meant for watching the field, and he was the owner of the land.
No. 3820
Salim b. Abdullah reported on the authority of his father that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Whosover amongst the owners of the house keeps a dog other than one meant for watching the herd or for hunting loses two qirat of his deeds every day.
No. 3821
Ibn Umar (Allaah be pleased with them) narrated Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: He who kept a dog ther than one meant for watching the fields or herds or hunting would lose one qirat every day out of his reward (with God).
No. 3822
Abu Huraira reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: He who kept a dog which is neither meant for hunting nor for watching the anitmals nor for watching the fields would lose two qirat every day out of his reward; and there is no mention of the fields in the hadith transmitted by Abu Tahir.
No. 3823
Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: He who kept a dog except one meant for watching the herd, or for hunting or for watching the fields. he lost two qirat of reward every day. Zuhri said: The words of Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) were conveyed to Ibn Umar who said: May Allaah have mercy upon Abu Huraira; he owned a field.
No. 3824
Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: He who kept a dog would lose out of his deeds equal to one qirat every day. except (one kept) for watching the field or herd.
No. 3825
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira.
No. 3826
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Yahya b. Abu Kathir with the same chain of transmitters.
No. 3827
Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: He who kept a dog, but not meant for hunting or watching the herd, would lose one qirat of reward every day.
No. 3828
Sufyan b. Abu Zuhair (he was a person belonging to the tribe of Shanu'a and was amongst the Conpanions of Allaah's Messenger [sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam ) said: I heard Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: He who kept a dog (other than that) which is indispensable for watching the field or the animals would lose one qirat out of his deeds every day. As-Sa'ib b Yazid (one of the narrators) said: Did you hear it from Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam)? He said: Yes. by the Lord of this mosque.
No. 3829
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sufyan b. Abu Zuhair al-Shana'i.