13 - Chapter: The concession for keeping a dog for livestock

4284 - Suwayd ibn Nasr ibn Suwayd informed us, saying: Abdullah — and he is Ibn al-Mubarak — informed us, from Hanzalah, who said: I heard Salim narrating
from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever keeps a dog, two qirats are deducted from his reward every day, except for a hunting dog, or one who owns livestock."

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Preceded — in a more concise form — by number (4276), via the chain of Muhammad ibn al-Walid al-Zubaydi, from al-Zuhri, from Ibn al-Sabbaq, from Maymunah. Ibn Abbas was not mentioned in that chain.

Al-Sindi said: His saying: "He became one morning grieved" — meaning: worried; it is one whose grief has silenced him and whose sorrow has overwhelmed him, from wajama yajimu. "I have indeed found your appearance strange" — meaning: I see it changed, and that weighs heavily upon me. "By Allah, he has not broken his promise to me" — meaning: never before this, or: this is not a breaking of the promise on his part, rather his promise must have been conditioned upon something, and that condition was lost; otherwise, breaking a promise cannot be conceived from him. "A puppy" — meaning: a small dog. "Under a nidad" — with fathah on the letters: the bed upon which clothes are piled, meaning: placed one upon another. "But we do not enter..." etc. — meaning: the promise was conditioned upon the absence of an obstacle, so I did not break the promise. And Allah knows best.

(1) In (M): qirat.
(2) Its chain is authentic. Hanzalah: he is Ibn Abi Sufyan al-Jumahi. Salim: he is Ibn Abdullah ibn Umar. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (4779).

Also narrated by Ahmad (5073) — from the found writings of his son Abdullah — and (5253), al-Bukhari (5481), and Muslim (1574): (54) via multiple chains from Hanzalah, with this chain. Muslim added: Salim said: Abu Hurayrah used to say: "or a dog for farming," and he was a farmer.

Also narrated by Ahmad (6342) via the chain of al-Zuhri, and Muslim (1574): (55) with similar wording via the chain of Umar ibn Hamzah ibn Abdullah ibn Umar, both from Salim, with it.

Also narrated by Ahmad (5393) via the chain of Jabir ibn Abdullah, and (4944) and (5254), al-Bukhari (5480), and Muslim (1574): (52) via the chain of Abdullah ibn Dinar, and Ahmad (4813) and (5505), and Muslim (1574): (56) via the chain of Abu al-Hakam al-Bajali — all three of them from Ibn Umar, with it. In Jabir's narration, the dog is mentioned in absolute terms without restriction, and in Abu al-Hakam's narration: "except a dog for farming or for milking animals — or =