QUESTION:
Is it permissible to purchase a kitten or a cat? I wish to buy one. Also, is it permissible to sell them?
ANSWER:
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم
الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب
To buy or sell a cat is permissible [jā’iz]. In any case, there is a prevalence of mice and rats in England, therefore you can purchase a cat, just as it is mentioned in al-Durr al-Mukhtār,
“وَصَحَّ بَيْعُ الْكَلْبِ وَالْفَهْدُ وَالْفِيلُ وَالْقِرْدُ وَالسِّبَاعُ بِسَائِرِ أَنْوَاعِهَا حَتَّى الْهِرَّةُ لِأَنَّهَا تَصْطَادُ الْفَأْرَ وَالْهَوَامَّ الْمُؤْذِيَةَ فَهِيَ مُنْتَفَعٌ بِهَا“
“The [buying] and selling of dogs, cheetahs, elephants, monkeys and all types of carnivorous animals is lawful, even the buying and selling of a cat, as it hunts rats and other harmful vermin (pests), hence one benefits by it.”
[al-Durr al-Mukhtār & Radd al-Muhtār, vol 7, pg 505]
Also, it is stated in Bahār-e-Sharī’at that the buying and selling of dogs, cats, elephants, cheetahs, falcons, kestrels and hawks is permissible
[Bahār-e-Sharī’at, vol 2, part 11, pg 809]
واللہ تعالی اعلم ورسولہ اعلم صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم
کتبہ ابو الحسن محمد قاسم ضیاء قادری
Answered by Mufti Qasim Zia al-Qadri
Translated by Zameer Ahmed
Read the original Urdu answer here – [Q-ID0241] Is it permissible to buysell animals such as cats or dogs
