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363. It was narrated that Abu Razin said: 'I saw Abu Hurairah hitting his forehead with his hand and saying: "O people of Iraq! Do you claim that I would tell a lie against the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ so that it may be more convenient for you and a sin upon me?" I bear witness that I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'If a dog licks the vessel of anyone of you, let him wash it seven times.''" (Da'if)
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a. If a dog licks a vessel, it must be washed seven times.
b. In addition, along with washing, it is also necessary to rub the vessel in question with dust.
c. The dog saliva contains rabies that cannot be cleaned by just one wash. As for dust, it contains germ-killing properties. That is why the sacred law of Islam has, of all the animals, particularised this method of cleaning only for the licking of dogs.