Guide Dogs are an affront to Islam

[varsovian]

A Muslim taxi driver was fined for refusing to take a guide dog with its
blind owner because of his "religious beliefs".
GBP 1,400 by the way.
Ha ha ha ha

[varsovian]

If the driver had been a woman he wouldn't have been caught - the veil would
have saved him!

[varsovian]

And in related news ...
Funds for the aid effort in Pakistan are being used by Jihadists to propagate
extremism among orphans.
One madrassa morning assembly song (as reported by the BBC) went:

# When people deny our faith ask them to convert
And if they do not, destroy them utterly

Sounds inclusive and unlikely to cause offence.

[babiana]

United Arab Emirates (worth reeding before plannig a business trip).
Gifts to avoid giving include:

- alcohol
- perfumes containing alcohol
- pork
- pigskin products
- personal items such as underwear
- knives
- toy dogs or gifts that picture dogs
- images of nude or partially clad women (even in paintings or
sculptures with artistic merit)

www.cyborlink.com/

Gogs in Islam

[szahtut]

varsovian napisał:

> A Muslim taxi driver was fined for refusing to take a guide dog with its
> blind owner because of his "religious beliefs".
> GBP 1,400 by the way.
> Ha ha ha ha
why are laughing if I were you I try to look for the true as i did and try to
avoid the ethiquettes, whatever,,,Islam has no thing against dogs or any other
animal.

here you can read about Dogs in Islam without much of a comment by me.

.....
Many Muslims have misunderstood Islam’s teachings regarding dogs, and this
misunderstanding has led to the mistreatment of these animals. The Prophet
said, “Purifying a container that a dog has licked (in order for human’s to use
it) is done by washing it seven times, the first washing being with dirt.”2
However, according to some scholars, a dog’s fur is considered pure3.
Nonetheless, Muslims are discouraged from keeping dogs inside their homes, as
the Prophet has been reported as saying that angels do not enter into a house
that has a dog4.

However, just because one does not keep a dog inside the home and doesn’t drink
after it, that does not give one the right to neglect it, mistreat it, or kill
it. ..... No other animal can compete with it in its loyalty to its caregiver,
its abilities as a guard, and its talent for hunting.
In fact, the Qur’an narrates in Surat Al-Kahf, or “The Cave,” the story of some
pious youths who took refuge in a cave from the persecution and violence of the
unbelievers. That these righteous people had a dog with them, and the fact that
Allah mentions the dog and counts the dog among them, indicates that dogs are
permitted to live among people.
[And you would have thought them awake, whereas they were asleep. And We turned
them on their right and on their left sides, and their dog stretching forth his
two forelegs at the entrance (of the cave as a guard)] (Al-Kahf 18:18).

... hadiths narrated by Abu Hurayrah (the cat-loving Companion), the Prophet
told his Companions of the virtue of saving the life of a dog by giving it
water and quenching its thirst: one referred to was a man who was blessed by
Allah for giving water to a thirsty dog.
The other was a prostitute, who filled her shoe with water and gave it to a dog
that was lolling its tongue in thirst. For this deed she was granted the
ultimate reward: eternal Paradise.

Islam asks people to reflect upon this and be aware of each person’s duty
toward God’s creatures,....

When the Prophet was asked if God rewarded acts of charity to the animals, he
replied, “Yes, there is a reward for acts of charity to every beast alive.”

Hediyah Al-Amin is a Muslim-American teacher of Islamic Studies and Islamic
Culture at the Qatar Center for the Presentation of Islam.

www.islamonline.net/english/introducingislam/Environment/article04.shtml
to be or not to be there is no evidence for ethiquettes

Dogs in Islam

[szahtut]

> A Muslim taxi driver was fined for refusing to take a guide dog with its
> blind owner because of his "religious beliefs".
> GBP 1,400 by the way.
> Ha ha ha ha
why are laughing if I were you I try to look for the true as i did and try to
avoid the ethiquettes, whatever,,,Islam has no thing against dogs or any other
animal.

here you can read about Dogs in Islam without much of a comment by me.

.....
Many Muslims have misunderstood Islam’s teachings regarding dogs, and this
misunderstanding has led to the mistreatment of these animals. The Prophet
said, “Purifying a container that a dog has licked (in order for human’s to use
it) is done by washing it seven times, the first washing being with dirt.”2
However, according to some scholars, a dog’s fur is considered pure3.
Nonetheless, Muslims are discouraged from keeping dogs inside their homes, as
the Prophet has been reported as saying that angels do not enter into a house
that has a dog4.

However, just because one does not keep a dog inside the home and doesn’t drink
after it, that does not give one the right to neglect it, mistreat it, or kill
it. ..... No other animal can compete with it in its loyalty to its caregiver,
its abilities as a guard, and its talent for hunting.
In fact, the Qur’an narrates in Surat Al-Kahf, or “The Cave,” the story of some
pious youths who took refuge in a cave from the persecution and violence of the
unbelievers. That these righteous people had a dog with them, and the fact that
Allah mentions the dog and counts the dog among them, indicates that dogs are
permitted to live among people.
[And you would have thought them awake, whereas they were asleep. And We turned
them on their right and on their left sides, and their dog stretching forth his
two forelegs at the entrance (of the cave as a guard)] (Al-Kahf 18:18).

... hadiths narrated by Abu Hurayrah (the cat-loving Companion), the Prophet
told his Companions of the virtue of saving the life of a dog by giving it
water and quenching its thirst: one referred to was a man who was blessed by
Allah for giving water to a thirsty dog.
The other was a prostitute, who filled her shoe with water and gave it to a dog
that was lolling its tongue in thirst. For this deed she was granted the
ultimate reward: eternal Paradise.

Islam asks people to reflect upon this and be aware of each person’s duty
toward God’s creatures,....

When the Prophet was asked if God rewarded acts of charity to the animals, he
replied, “Yes, there is a reward for acts of charity to every beast alive.”

Hediyah Al-Amin is a Muslim-American teacher of Islamic Studies and Islamic
Culture at the Qatar Center for the Presentation of Islam.

www.islamonline.net/english/introducingislam/Environment/article04.shtml
to be or not to be there is no evidence for ethiquettes

[varsovian]

Alternatively, if a dog makes a mess, clean up without God's intervention.
I suggest a sponge, some warm water and a spot of good washing-up liquid. No
prostitutes required.

[babiana]

“Purifying a container that a dog has licked (in order for human’s to use
it) is done by washing it seven times, the first washing being with dirt.”2
What a job!

[varsovian]

Fairy liquid, not fairy stories!

[babiana]

This time szahtut is right.Islam teaches the love of animals.
islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=134356
Pets and animals in Islam
www.submission.org/pets/