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What is the ruling if a dog touches you or your clothes i.e. his nose or other parts of his bod

Answered by
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Published
3 July 2005

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Question

What is the ruling if a dog touches you or your clothes i.e. his nose or other parts of his body? And what if you touch it?

Answer


Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,

The dog itself is not essentially filthy (najis al-`ayn) in the Hanafi school, unlike pigs. However, its saliva is filthy. Thus, touching a dog does not make one’s body or clothes filthy. [Shurunbulali, Imdad al-Fattah] For details, see:

Dogs Coming in Contact with Clothing

Keeping a dog

This is unrelated to keeping a dog--this is impermissible, for other than genuine needs (such as shepherding or guarding), as established by many rigorously authenticated hadiths of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace), as explained in the following answer by Shaykh Ilyas Patel of Qurba Institute (UK):

Keeping a Dog: Impermissibility Explained

And Allah alone gives success.

Wassalam,

Faraz Rabbani

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