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The ProhibitionOf Keeping Dogs Except ForDogs Used For Hunting,Farming Or HerdingLivestock

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28. Chapters On Hunting

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الحديث: 3204 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1069

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3204. It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Whoever keeps a dog, one Qirāt will be deducted from his (good) deeds every day, except a dog for farming or herding livestock.'" (Sahih)

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3204 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنِ اقْتَنَى كَلْبًا، فَإِنَّهُ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قِيرَاطٌ، إِلَّا كَلْبَ حَرْثٍ أَوْ مَاشِيَةٍ»

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a. The punishment of committing forbidden acts may be destroying the reward of previous good deeds. b. Qirāt is a small unit of weight that is equal to a gram or less than it. However, here in the Hadīth it refers to a special weight that is equal to the size of mount Uhud. (See Ahādīth: 1539, 1540, 1541)