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Reader comment on item: Muslim Taxi Drivers vs. Seeing-Eye Dogs
in response to reader comment: Correction -- it is Sahih Bukhari Hadith no. 2986 and Sahih Muslim Hadith no.3928

Submitted by E L Carter (New Zealand), Jan 7, 2008 at 04:16

"Angels do not enter a house wherein there is a dog **or an animate picture**." because: "Whoever keeps a dog save for hunting or for guarding crops or cattle will lose one large measure (qirat) of his reward each day." It appears to be related to licking and wet fur, but it's not entirely clear which, or in what measure. Pictures are even more of a mystery.

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Terribly offended! [52 words]DamienJul 29, 2009 10:00
dogs & islam [18 words]franklin c.Jun 10, 2009 16:26
Seeing eye farm animals? [50 words]LynnApr 13, 2009 08:18
↔ What's next? [15 words]PaulApr 14, 2009 12:57
↔ no seeing eye dogs in muslim shops [37 words]al gregoryApr 18, 2009 20:01
Forcing Change Upon my heritage. [79 words]AaronPDec 15, 2008 07:33
'Reasonable' modifications! [360 words]C CollyerDec 9, 2008 07:18
They can go home [129 words]One who knowsDec 2, 2008 23:25
↔ Read as knowledge is power [17 words]AhmadAug 21, 2009 15:59
For update, november 2008 [42 words]Christophe CorayNov 12, 2008 15:34
dogs and religion [279 words]Sidney RobertsAug 7, 2008 06:58
This is ABSURD. [44 words]Karim BekkoucheJul 17, 2008 18:46
I See Nothing But Racism In These Comments [110 words]The WatcherJul 11, 2008 16:34
↔ Perhaps [140 words]B. WilliameJul 17, 2008 09:48
↔ how to increase racism. [63 words]morris cohenSep 26, 2008 01:41
Fight to the End [102 words]crusaderJun 27, 2008 22:53
↔ Sick and Tired [101 words]anonymousJul 11, 2008 09:43
re blind refused ability to use their seeing dogs by muslims [127 words]GabrielleJun 15, 2008 06:37
superstitions [89 words]markJun 12, 2008 09:50
Dog bite [51 words]Richard NormanMar 9, 2008 06:45
be blind in muslim countries [116 words]EngelbrektMar 2, 2008 20:37
What American does not love a Puppy? [73 words]Martin KesslerFeb 21, 2008 21:02
A Canadian solution [45 words]CanukDec 5, 2007 16:41
↔ The Canadian Cop-out! [152 words]Martin KesslerFeb 21, 2008 21:19
muslim vs. dogs [34 words]bill turnerSep 25, 2007 10:03
islamists can be bigots ! [61 words]Phil GreendMay 27, 2007 22:28
↔ Guilty is not the Cabby, [114 words]AlexAug 16, 2007 19:30
taxis & dogs [38 words]alexMay 12, 2007 04:54
↔ taxis and dogs [104 words]MikeJun 14, 2007 09:37
Christians Tolerate, Why Can't Muslims [112 words]DebTApr 11, 2007 13:23
Working dogs are not "haram" [113 words]GWApr 10, 2007 15:01
↔ Why? [16 words]carterJan 4, 2008 05:24
↔ Hadith 16149 [103 words]GWKJan 5, 2008 18:25
↔ Correction -- it is Sahih Bukhari Hadith no. 2986 and Sahih Muslim Hadith no.3928 [24 words]GWKJan 5, 2008 18:34
↔ ⇒ Actually, it's not so simple ... [67 words]E L CarterJan 7, 2008 04:16
↔ Carter -- It doesn't make any sense to me, either [320 words]GWKJan 7, 2008 21:42
↔ The part about pictures actually is rooted in the 10 commandments [84 words]TimothyMar 7, 2008 14:38
It may not only be the alcohol [105 words]Geoffrey LewisFeb 22, 2007 01:26
↔ Qur'an 5:4 and dogs for the blinds [178 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 22, 2007 06:16
↔ Sick of it [52 words]LouisJan 6, 2008 06:15
↔ dogs in quran...verses of quran [1662 words]OH MY GODAug 25, 2009 03:09
↔ Our dear OMG and he is really a lost tablighee and dogs in the Qur'an [494 words]dhimmi no moreAug 26, 2009 18:31
We need to ban Muslims before this goes any farther [19 words]daleNov 29, 2006 20:53
It's about Islamic law, not about Islamic lore. [265 words]James VesceNov 27, 2006 12:30
See eye told you !!! [171 words]dfwhiteNov 25, 2006 21:27
trying to fight fascists with understanding and compassion will lead to a world without these values.. [197 words]Jon FitzgeraldNov 5, 2006 14:44
I am offended [147 words]G.D. SpanielNov 2, 2006 00:55
↔ Surprise to me [123 words]AnnOct 12, 2007 23:42
dogs and alchohol. [49 words]derekOct 20, 2006 23:45
Treating Badly Those With Challenges Is Simply PC Gone Crazy [60 words]AnneMOct 18, 2006 20:14
No dogs allowed in taxi cabs? [13 words]Jacques BakkeOct 13, 2006 23:47
re guide dogs [39 words]josephOct 13, 2006 09:48
More garbage we have to deal with from the Muslims(TAXI) drivers [97 words]Betty GOct 12, 2006 11:46
Dog gone it : [61 words]dfwhiteOct 9, 2006 21:36
↔ where are the authorities? [30 words]BethOct 11, 2006 02:52
↔ no dogs, no pigs, yes cats are allowed for muslims [472 words]jonnyhOct 11, 2006 08:56
↔ PC INSANITY [87 words]dfwhiteOct 11, 2006 17:24
↔ I wiil say it again : [245 words]dfwhiteOct 11, 2006 20:29
↔ you're permitted to have your beliefs, BUT [125 words]BethOct 15, 2006 08:27
↔ Totally agree [68 words]Jim W.Jan 19, 2007 22:40
↔ you are MISSING the point! [136 words]dog loverMar 2, 2007 23:26
↔ Coming from an american! [35 words]SultanMar 8, 2007 17:40
↔ There's a pot calling the kettle black [70 words]mike elbazApr 7, 2007 22:28
↔ Western Culture x ISLAM [143 words]Marcos BerensteinApr 24, 2007 10:36
↔ most of you are wrong [154 words]sarahMay 1, 2007 21:30
↔ why dogs are not liked by muslims [31 words]lulaMay 6, 2007 00:43
↔ Knowing Islam [58 words]Marcos BerensteinMay 7, 2007 12:09
↔ Dogs and Muslim taxi drivers [33 words]Rajunov SinghMay 10, 2007 06:58
↔ Actually, you are wrong Sarah [54 words]KlewDec 5, 2007 18:45
↔ Sarah is right..... [73 words]YnnatchkahDec 5, 2007 23:16
↔ Sad State of affairs [156 words]WilliamFeb 19, 2008 12:38
↔ you are missing the point [69 words]susanMar 6, 2008 17:56
↔ Working Dogs Unite! [153 words]GeneApr 11, 2008 14:48
↔ Hmmm [127 words]MeJun 20, 2008 01:55
↔ Correct me if I'm wrong............ [92 words]TimothyJun 20, 2008 17:26
↔ Pity [330 words]B. WilliameJul 17, 2008 10:13

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