The scholars explain that the fanged animals referred to in the hadith are animals that are dangerous to humans, such as lions, tigers, leopards and wolves. Or also those who eat meat such as dogs and cats. Some scholars also forbid donkeys and apes through the hadith above because both have fangs. The implicit postulate is in the form of a Qur The seventh principle is that all terrestrial predatory animals and beasts, i.e. animals that hunt with their teeth, are considered Haram, such as a lion, cheetah, tiger, leopard, wolf, fox, dog, cat, etc. Ferrets are predatory, so should be Haram. They also specifically mention weasels as being Haram. posted by Etrigan at 12:11 PM on July 12 C- Carnivorous animals D- Dead meat – meat that is not slaughtered according to Islamic slaughtering rites I- Food immolate unto idols S- Swine and all swine derivatives. Key Definitions (1) Al-Halal (The Lawful) Halal is an Arabic word meaning 'allowed' or 'lawful'. The Qur’anic term halal is that which is permitted and allowed by the law To keep impure animals such as a pig, and harmful animals such as predators, lizards, snakes, etc as a pet is not permissible. In a Hadith recorded by Imam al-Bukhari, the Companion Abd Allah ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him) says: “…Then suddenly a snake sprang at us. The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said The Hadith establishes a rule concerning the birds and animals that are Haram, the Hadith reads: "Eating of all fanged beasts of prey, and all the birds having talons is forbidden" . [Reported by Imam Muslim ]. Therefore, eating a rabbit is permissible, and it is proved in Sahihain that "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) and his Sheikh Salman Ibn Fahd Al-`Udah, states: “Based on many proofs of Shari`ah, it seems that it is permissible to keep an animal in a cage. Both Al-Bukhari and Muslim reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to ask a little boy about a bird that he was keeping. [It is recorded that there was a boy at the time of the eljo06P.

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