Ch 6: Animals

The Rights of Animals:

Allah Almighty has made important value to the animals as they are created by Him. One has to be nice towards the animals and to treat them as good as one can do for they are creatures like us: they feel, smell, sleep, work, cooperate etc.
The prophet Mohammad peace be upon him has stated," Allah has ordained beneficence in everything. Thus, if you kill do it well; and if you slaughter, perform well. You have to sharpen your lame so as to soothe the slain animal" ( Musslim. 5167 ).
From this perspective, one has to know that it is forbidden to kill animals in Islam unless one slaughters them in order to eat them like cows, fish, chicken etc.

It is also ordered not to torture the animals in any case. These animals are to be respected as creatures of Allah Almighty. It is narrated that Ibn Omar has passed by young guys who were playing with a little bird by the use of their arrows. The guys escaped when they had seen him. He looked upon this poor bird and said, "  The animals must be treated well for the Muslim must be in tandem with nature that is surrounding him for his/her own benefits and the other creatures' benefits.

Also , let's remember the Hdith of Muhamed ( pbuh) - "If any Muslim plants a tree or sows a field, and a human, bird or animal eats from it, it shall be reckoned as charity from him."'.( Bokhary 2320).  

The messenger of Allah Muhammad peace be upon him used to say," Who has hurt this bird? Woe be to the one who has done this torment to it!  The messenger of Allah, Muhammad, peace be upon him, has cursed whoever dares to play or hurt anything that has a soul – like an animal- it is narrated by the two Sheikhs: Al Bukhari and Muslim. The messenger of Allah peace be upon him had also stated,  " Don't cause damage or detriment". That is to say the bullfighting and the cockfighting are extremely forbidden in Islam for they cause a great damage for animals. All of this hurt is done for the sake of the unmerciful people. Though, this saying means one is not to hurt oneself or the others for every creature in the world has her/his/its own rights to be protected for the sake of the Lord of the world.

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