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The Prophet of Allah,(PBUH) forbade cursing animals
Zayd ibn Khaalid Al-Juhani (a Companion) narrated
that the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Do not revile the rooster for it wakes you up for prayer.”1
Which means that it crows and thus wakes people for the optional night prayer; therefore, it deserves to be praised and not reviled since it helps people in their acts of worship and obedi- ence.
Al-Manaawi (an exegete of Prophetic narrations) said: “It is the habit of the rooster to crow a few consecutive times when the time of dawn is close and at the time of zenith. This is the nature Allah created it upon.”
Al-Haleemi (an exegete of Prophetic narrations) said: “One can derive from the narration that everything that is useful and beneficial should not be reviled, abused or mocked. Rather, people should be kind towards these creatures and treat them well.”2
Imraan ibn Husayn (a Companion) narrated:
‘“We were with the Prophet , sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, on a journey and there was a woman from the Ansaar riding a she-camel that knelt down and refused to rise up. She abused and invoked curses upon it. The Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, heard her and said: “Take the load off the she-camel and set it free because it has been cursed.”” ‘Imraan said: “It is as if I am seeing it now, it used to walk amongst people, and no one would come near it.”3
Abu Barzah Al-Aslami (a Companion) said:
“A young woman was riding a she-camel on which there was the luggage of people and was urging it forward.’ When it did not move, she said: ‘O Allah, curse it!’ The Prophet of Allah, sallal- laahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “The she-camel that has been cursed should not accompany us.””4
An-Nawawi commented, “This was a way to rebuke her and anyone who says the same words, because the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, had forbidden people earlier from cursing. Therefore, she was punished by letting the she-camel go and not continuing with the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alay- hi wa sallam, on the same journey. However, selling it, slaughtering it and riding it in other than the company of the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sal- lam, and so on remained permissible, because he only forbade it from remaining with him. Therefore, everything else holds the original ruling of permissibility.”5
المراجع
- Reported by Abu Daawood (5101).
- The explanation of Al-’Atheem Abaadi for the book of Abu Daawood (14/5).
- Reported by Muslim (2595).
- Reported by Muslim (2596).
- The explanation of An-Nawawi for the book of Muslim (148/16).
