1. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims
  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

26 Questions

As a vet, do I need to purify myself every time I touch articles that have been in contact with dogs? Will other pure articles become impure if I touch them after handling those articles?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Beside your medical hygiene , touching any dry item with your dry hands will not transfer any Nijasah (impurity) to you. If you touch a wet Najis item, or a dry wet item with you wet hands,by our hands will be Najis. If you touch other items with your Najis dry hands, it will not be impure.

Wassalam.
When I was a kid I remember playing with dogs but I don't know whether I did touch it or not and if its fur or saliva got onto me. Am I to be considered in a major state of impurity? Is everything I touched during the years impure?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala,

When you were a kid, you were not mukallaf, so completely dismiss all that time, and don't ponder on it. 

And Allah knows best. 
If I get a guard dog and it enters my home, does my home become impure?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

It is allowed to have a guarding dog but if it touches any item with wetness, that item will become Najis.

'Wassalam.
Is it permissible to keep a dog for the purpose of guarding your home?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Yes it is permissible to keep a dog for guarding your home.

'Wassalam.