Hadith 2501
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6. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama‘ah who has said the following
“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), if a hunting dog can be kept in the house. He (the Imam) said, ‘If a door can be closed in front of it, then it is not harmful.’”
عَنْهُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ كَلْبِ الصَّيْدِ يُمْسَكُ فِي الدَّارِ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ يُغْلَقُ دُونَهُ الْبَابُ فَلَا بَأْسَ .
Similar narrations
- Al-Kāfi #2500 “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must not keep a hunting dog in the house unless there is a door between you and the dog.’”
- Al-Kāfi #2498 “I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), if we can keep a dog in the house. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, you must not do so.’”