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Fzrit t1_j97id0x wrote

Reply to comment by CategoryMistake in "I'm not moving, get used to me lady" by jemahAeo

> Love of cats has deep roots in Islam.

And hatred of dogs, sadly :(

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SkyGG t1_j97s1ne wrote

Not really hatred, there's that hadith about a prostitute being forgiven for her sins because she gave water to a thirsty dog.

But yeah in general islam believes that cats are clean/pure creatures while dogs are not so you can only have a dog as a pet if needed for things like seeing eye dogs or guard dogs or for hunting.

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AmirulAshraf t1_j9814fn wrote

FTFY Islam doesnt teach towards hatred of dogs

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Fzrit t1_j985fy1 wrote

Well for whatever reason, dogs are greatly stigmatized and seen as impure while cats are completely fine.

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GreatBen8010 t1_j98gtlb wrote

It varies with region. Iirc Turkey muslims don't hate dogs.

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AmirulAshraf t1_j98ih4f wrote

The part of dogs being impure (their saliva and when they are wet, for the most part) is in the teaching, you are right about that. However, we are allowed to give love to dogs too, especially since they are a useful animal in safeguarding your house and livestocks.

I would say the stigmatisation or avoidance of dogs among Muslim would come down to the fact that if one were to touch a dog, you would have to wash the part of your body/clothes that touched the dog with special steps called sertu (as oppose to just running with clean water).

God knows best when He commanded that and thats reason enough for most of the believers.

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