Sunan Ibn Majah 3205
The prohibition of keeping dogs except for dogs used for hunting, farming or herding livestock
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
لَوْلاَ أَنَّ الْكِلاَبَ أُمَّةٌ مِنَ الأُمَمِ لأَمَرْتُ بِقَتْلِهَا فَاقْتُلُوا مِنْهَا الأَسْوَدَ الْبَهِيمَ وَمَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ اتَّخَذُوا كَلْبًا إِلاَّ كَلْبَ مَاشِيَةٍ أَوْ كَلْبَ صَيْدٍ أَوْ كَلْبَ حَرْثٍ إِلاَّ نَقَصَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قِيرَاطَانِ
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Chain of narrators
- Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah
- Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh
- Abū Shihāb
- Yūnus b. ʿUbayd
- al-Ḥasan
- ʿAbdullāh b. Mughaffal
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
“Were it not that dogs form one of the communities (or nations – of creatures), I would have commanded that they be killed. But kill those that are all black. There are no people who keep a dog, except for dogs used for herding livestock, hunting or farming, but two Qirat will be deducted from their reward each day.”
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | GoodAnother source records this grader as “Daif” (fawazahmed0). | hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |