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Womens' Rights in Islam
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Animals in Islam
Even animals have rights in Islam some of which are clear in the following Hadiths (sayings of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him).
- It was narrated in the hadith from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “A woman was punished for a cat which she imprisoned until it died, and she entered Hell because of that. She did not feed it or give it water when she imprisoned it, and she did not leave it free to eat of the vermin of the earth." (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 2236; Muslim, 2242). Al-Nawawi said: the apparent meaning of the hadeeth is that she went to Hell only because of this sin.
- It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar, may Allaah be pleased with him, that he entered upon Yahyaa ibn Sa’eed and one of Yahyaa’s sons had tied up a hen and was shooting at it. Ibn ‘Umar walked over to him and untied it, then he brought it and the boy and said, “Do not allow your boys to tie up birds in order to kill them, for I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, forbidding the tying up of animals or other creatures in order to kill them." (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5195; Muslim, 1958. The version narrated by Muslim says, “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, cursed those who do that.")
- It says in another hadith which was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “Do not use anything in which there is a soul as a target." (Narrated by Muslim, 1957).
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