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I Love Dogs: A Muslim's Perspective
01:28 PM, Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Picture borrowed from aspca.orgEven though I was brought up to hate dogs and stay away from them, without any logical reason, I was still irresistibly drawn to such a loyal and cheerful persona in an animal. I love dogs.
Recently I read what Sally wrote about dogs and their place in Islam and was pleasantly surprised at her findings. Here is an article she provided:
Dogs in Islam
I do advise Muslims to read it and stop their ignorant hatred to a creation of God.
Come to think of it, the Qur'an never mentioned anything about the dog being vile and unclean. The aversion for dogs mostly appeared in hadiths written by Abu Hurayrah, a known cat lover and dog hater.
Hadiths are also contradictory when it comes to dogs. There was one where a prostitute was cleanse of all sins because she fed water to a dying dog while another stated that the angel Jibrail (Gabriel) refused to enter the Prophet's (pbuh) house because there were dogs in there. Then there is one which is my favourite where the Prophet continued with his prayers even as dogs played happily nearby. So which is it?
So when hadiths contradict, then stick to the original, unaltered Scripture.
"They ask thee (O Muhammad) what is made lawful for them. Say: (all) good things are made lawful for you. And those beasts and birds of prey which ye have trained as hounds are trained, ye teach them that which Allah taught you; so eat of that which they catch for you and mention Allah's name upon it, and observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is swift to take account. " 5:4 Al-Maeda (Pickthall)
Hounds. Dogs. It is clear in the holy Scripture that G-d permits us to eat that which a dog has hunted for us. Then why is there some rule about the dog's saliva being impure when the Qur'an allows us to eat what a dog has hunted and brought us?
Dogs are mentioned as protectors and companions in verses 18:18-22.
So I don't get it. Why, again is a dog haraam? There's no mention of it in the Qur'an.
It's sad to see how tradition shapes belief and faith instead of the other way round. I don't like the attitude of Muslims who believe that questioning is considered unacceptable in Islam. There is nothing that yields more knowledge than a little bit of doubt. We're not sheep. Allah swt gave us minds for a reason.
To think. Duh. If He wanted us to be silly sheep who just follow any hadith thrown our way without examining it further, then I don't think it was necessary to grant us the gift of Free Will.
I mean, come on. How can this little tyke be evil and unforgivably impure?
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