Leniency Toward Animals In Islam

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Leniency Toward Animals In Islam

I read a post on TELEGRAM by Sh. Omar Al Muqbil which was posted on Aug 6th saying:

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I think that if the Ahadeeth that address the topic of respecting the rights of the animals and forbidding harming them were to be translated, many non Muslims would accept Islam. A religion that calls for this respect for the rights of animal, then how about human rights?" End quote

So this encouraged me to collect some of the Ahadeeth in this regard, And I came across a nice compilation on AHL AL HADEETH forum that was collected by Sh. Tarik Al Hamoudi

CLICK HERE

It's a compilation of 40 hadiths from which I will be selecting some. And since most of the Sunnah of prophet Mohammad (peace and blessing be upon him) is already translated to English I will just copy them from these sources, and to be precise, I will rely on the publications of DARUSSALAM, and I will (try) to translate other Ahadeeth that may not be translated . May Allah facilitate this endeavor for me and grant me success

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Watering a thirsty dog

Al Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "While a man was walking on a road, he became very thirsty. Then he came across a well, got down into it, drank (of its water) and then came out

Meanwhile he saw a dog panting and licking mud because of excessive thirst. The man

said to himself, 'This dog is suffering from the same state of thirst that I was suffering from ' So, he went down the well (again) and filled his shoe (with water) and held it in his mouth and watered the dog. Allah thanked him for that deed and forgave him." The companions asked,

"O Allah's Messenger! Is there a reward for us in serving the animals?" He said, "(Yes)

There is a reward for serving any animate (living being)

Al Bukhari (6009, 2363, 2466) / Muslim (2244)

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Upsetting a female sparrow by taking away its chicks

It was narrated from 'Abdur- Rahmãn bin 'Abdullãh that his father said: "We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey, and he went out to relieve himself. We saw a red-headed sparrow that had two chicks with her, and we took her chicks. The red-headed sparrow started to flap her wings. The Prophet came and said: 'Who has upset her by
taking away her children? Give her children back to her.' And he saw an ant colony that we had burned, and said: 'Who burned this?' We said: 'We did.' He said: 'No one should punish with fire but the Lord of fire

Abu Dawud (5268), Al-Albani (Al Saheeha 25)

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A woman entered Hell because of imprisoning a cat till death
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) : Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "A lady was punished because of a cat which she had imprisoned till it died. She entered the (Hell) Fire because of it, for she neither gave it food nor water as she had imprisoned it, nor set it free to eat from the vermin of the earth


Bukhari (3482, 3318, 2365), Muslim (2242)

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Getting charitable gifts by planting and sowing



Narrated Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is none amongst the Muslims who plants a tree or sows seeds, and then a bird, or a person or an animal eats from it, but is regarded as a charitable gift for him



Bukhari (2320), Muslim (1553)

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Forbidding taking animals as targets

Narrated Sa'id bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him): While I was with Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): we passed by a group of young men who had tied a hen and started shooting at it. When they saw Ibn 'Umar, they dispersed, leaving it. On that Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Who has done this? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who did so

In another narration, Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who did Muthla to an animal (i.e., cut its limbs or some other part of its body while it is still alive)

Bukhari (5515), Muslim (1958)

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Using frogs in medicine


It was narrated from 'Abdur-Rahmãn bin 'Uthmãn (may Allah be pleased with him) that a doctor asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about using frogs in medicine, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade killing them

SAHEEH, narrated by Ahmed (15757, 16069) Abu dawood (5269,3871), Nasa'i (4355)

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Ruling on killing these four creatures


It was narrated that lbn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade killing four kinds of animals: ants, bees, hoopoes and shrikes


SAHEEH, narrated by Abu Dawood (5267), Ibn Maajah (3224)

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A camel complaining to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)



It was reported from 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far' who said: One day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) seated me behind him on his mount. He told me something secretly which I am not going to let anybody know. When relieving himself, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) liked to find a place where he was well concealed, a hill or a cluster of date-palms'. He said: 'Once he entered the garden of a man from the Ansar where he found a camel. When it saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); the camel began crying and its tears flowed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to it and stroked the back of its head and it became silent.' He then said: "Who is the owner of this camel? Whose camel is this?" A young boy from the Ansar came forward and said: 'It belongs to me 0 Messenger of Allah !' He said: "Do you not fear Allah regarding this animal which Allah has put in your possession? It complained to me that you keep it hungry and overburden it, causing fatigue

SAHEEH, narrated by Abu Dawood (2549)