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Sahih Muslim 1575b (Book 22, Hadith 70) #11155
The Loss of Reward for Keeping Dogs

SUMMARY: Keeping a dog for any purpose other than herding, hunting or guarding fields will result in a loss of reward.

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger 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 (Allah be pleased with him) were conveyed to Ibn Umar who said: May Allah have mercy upon Abu Huraira; he owned a field.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ "‏ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ كَلْبًا إِلاَّ كَلْبَ مَاشِيَةٍ أَوْ صَيْدٍ أَوْ زَرْعٍ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قِيرَاطٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ فَذُكِرَ لاِبْنِ عُمَرَ قَوْلُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ صَاحِبَ زَرْعٍ

TOPICS
dog  *  reward  *  herding  *  hunting  *  fields  *  kalaalah  *  thawab  *  tazkiyah  *  sayd  *  almiyah

QUICK LESSONS:
Be mindful about your actions and strive for good deeds so as not miss out on any rewards from Allah SWT .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the consequences of keeping dogs that are not used for herding, hunting or guarding fields. According to this hadith, if someone keeps such a dog, they will lose two qirat of reward every day. Qirat is an Islamic unit of measurement which is equal to one third of a dirham and it is used to measure rewards from Allah SWT. Abu Huraira was conveying this message when Ibn Umar expressed his agreement with him by saying “May Allah have mercy upon Abu Huraira; he owned a field” which implies that he was aware that keeping such dogs would lead to the loss of rewards from Allah SWT. This hadith teaches us that we should be mindful about our actions as even small things can have big consequences in the eyes of Allah SWT and we should strive to do good deeds so as not to miss out on any rewards from Him SWT.

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