Is it permissible to sell dog food?

Published as Selling Dog Food

· 24 Jumada II 1447 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Is it permissible to sell dog food?

Answer

If all the ingredients from which the dog food is manufactured is 100% Halaal, then it will be Halaal to buy and sell the product, otherwise not.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

نهي رسول الله صلي الله عليه وسلم عن ثمن الكلب وهذا التحريم كان اذا امر بقتل الكلاب وحرم الانتفاع بها فاذا استثني كلب الماشية والصيد وغيره جاز بيعه اه (الكوكب الدري 1/337)

ولا يحمل الجيفة الي الهرة ويحمل الهرة الي الجيفة (الفتاوي البزازية 4/82)

(المحيط البرهاني 6/103)

(فتاوي دار العلوم زكريا 8/145)

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