15.06.2026 “One of the main problems in the countryside is dogs. Muslims don’t like dogs.”
Liberal commentator complains that the British countryside is racist and Muslims avoid going there because too many people walk their dogs, which are ‘haram’ in Islam.
“One of the main problems in the countryside is dogs. Muslims don’t like dogs.”
Liberal commentator complains that the British countryside is racist and Muslims avoid going there because too many people walk their dogs, which are haram in Islam.
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“Muslim beliefs about dogs are sometimes confusing and contradictory. The majority of both Sunni and Shi’a Muslim jurists consider dogs to be ritually unclean but these beliefs are not unanimous. The jurists from the Sunni Maliki School disagree with the idea that dogs are unclean, and those of the Sunni Hanafi School are ambiguous, allowing trade and care of dogs without religious consequences” Stanley Coren Ph.D writes for Psychology Today.
“However all of these opinions are based not on the Koran itself, but on the Hadith, which are commentaries, analysis, and interpretations of the Koran. It is these Hadith that suggest that to be touched by a dog is to be defiled and requires an act of purification. For instance, they require that a bowl from which a dog has eaten or drunk must be washed seven times and scrubbed in earth before it is again fit for human use” he continued.
If we look directly at Quran itself, it turns out that dogs are mentioned five times, and are never described as being unclean.
In fact, the longest group of passages including a dog is quite positive, and it relates to the story of the Seven Sleepers.
As the chronicle goes, during the short reign of the Roman emperor Decius around A.D. 250, nonbelievers were systematically persecuted, in an effort to strengthen the state-supported religion. In the city of Ephesus (now in Western Turkey), seven faithful young men fled to a cave on Mount Coelius. The pet dog of one followed them in their flight.
Once in the cave, some of the men feared that the dog named Qitmir (Arabic: قطمير) — might bark and reveal their hiding place, and they tried to chaise it away.
At this point, God granted the dog the gift of speech, and he said, “I love those who are dear unto God. Go to sleep, therefore, and I will guard you.” After the men had settled down to sleep, leaning on the back wall of the cave, the dog Qitmir stretched out with his forelegs facing the entrance and began his watch.
When Decius learned that religious refugees were hiding in some of the local caves, he ordered that all the entrances be sealed with stone. Qitmir maintained his vigil, even while the cave was being sealed, and made sure that no one disturbed the sleepers.
The men were forgotten, and they slept for 309 years. When they were finally awakened by workers excavating a section of the mountain, the dog finally stirred and allowed his charges to return to the world, which was now safe for their faith. According to Muslim tradition, the dog Qitmir was admitted to paradise upon his death.
In Islamic folklore and Middle Eastern tradition, Qitmir is frequently revered as the ultimate symbol of unconditional loyalty and guardianship. Moreover God never created anything, including dogs, without wisdom and purpose. Dogs are known to be highly intelligent animals.
A researcher from the University of Exeter, Stephen Lea, and a senior lecturer from Christ Church University, Britta Osthaus, conducted research on animal cognitive abilities. They found that in the category of social intelligence, dogs scored the highest among all animals.