(Thanks to uncle for sharing this article with me from Ingrid Mattson)
"...I have long felt badly that many Muslims fear dogs as a result of negative experiences and that they resort to confused religious reasoning to shun them.....Whatever the implications of this report, there is no doubt that the Qur’an is positive about dogs. The Qur’an allows the use of hunting dogs, which is one of the reasons the Maliki school makes a distinction between domestic and wild dogs – since we can eat game that has been in a retriever’s mouth. But most compelling is the Qur’anic description of a dog who kept company with righteous youths escaping religious persecution. The party finds shelter in a cave where God places them in a deep sleep; the Qur’an (18:18) says:
You would have thought them awake, but they were asleep And [God] turned them on their right sides then on their left sides And their dog stretched his forelegs across the threshold
This tender description of the dog guarding the cave makes it clear that the animal is good company for believers...."
Link here: http://ingridmattson.org/article/whats-up-with-muslims-and-dogs/
"...I have long felt badly that many Muslims fear dogs as a result of negative experiences and that they resort to confused religious reasoning to shun them.....Whatever the implications of this report, there is no doubt that the Qur’an is positive about dogs. The Qur’an allows the use of hunting dogs, which is one of the reasons the Maliki school makes a distinction between domestic and wild dogs – since we can eat game that has been in a retriever’s mouth. But most compelling is the Qur’anic description of a dog who kept company with righteous youths escaping religious persecution. The party finds shelter in a cave where God places them in a deep sleep; the Qur’an (18:18) says:
You would have thought them awake, but they were asleep And [God] turned them on their right sides then on their left sides And their dog stretched his forelegs across the threshold
This tender description of the dog guarding the cave makes it clear that the animal is good company for believers...."
Link here: http://ingridmattson.org/article/whats-up-with-muslims-and-dogs/
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پسر نوح با بدان نشست خاندان نبوتش گم شد
سگ اصحاب کہف روزے چند پۓ نیکان گرفت آدم شد
Persian I dont know the name of poet
Roughly speaking the meanings are: Son of Nooh AS had company of bad (nonbelievers) persons so he lost his family relation of the prophet (Quran says he did not belong to Nooh family)
Dog of people of the cave Kahaf was in the company of good people (Believers) and he became like man (The dog underwent same miracle as the men)
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