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Sunan Ibn Majah

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Prohibition OfThe Price Of A Dog, ThePayment (Given) to AProstitute, The PaymentMade To A Soothsayer AndStudding A Stallion[1]

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Darussalam · Volume 3

12. The Chapters On Business Transactions

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الحديث: 2161 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 731

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2161. It was narrated from Abu Az-Zubair that Jâbir said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ forbade the price of a cat." (Sahih)

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2161 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ ثَمَنِ السِّنَّوْرِ»

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A cat is not as benefiting as a dog so its trade is unlawful, and the scholars who hold the view that the selling and buying of any dogs is forbidden also hold the view that the trade of cats is forbidden.