English translation
4288. Maimûnah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was upset one morning and Maimûnah said to him: 'O Messenger of Allāh, you look upset today.' He said: 'Jibrīl, peace be upon him, had promised to meet me last night but he did not come, and by Allāh, he never failed to keep an appointment.' The day passed, then he thought of a puppy that was beneath a table of ours. He ordered that it be taken out, then he took some water in his hand and sprinkled it over the place where it had been. That evening, Jibrīl, peace be upon him, came and met him. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to him: 'You promised to meet me last night.' He said: 'Yes, but we do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture.' The next day the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ commanded that dogs be killed." (Sahīh)
