Originally Posted by
Jacques de Imbelloni
It should be noted, though, that scholars held different opinions as to whether the presence of a guard dog, which one is permissible to keep, prevents angels from entering the house or not. Some held that guard dogs prevent the angels from entering the house; and this is the apparent view of An-Nawawi in his book Sharh Muslim. Other scholars, on the other hand, maintained that only dogs kept for unlawful purposes prevent the angels from entering the house, whereas dogs kept for a valid purpose do not prevent the angels from entering the house. This is the view adopted by Al-Khattaabi and the Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Fataawa. Its fatwa reads, “Whoever keeps a dog for hunting or guarding, it is permissible for him, and thus it does not prevent the angels from entering the house.”
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