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Are we allowed to have Hamster in Islam as a pet at home.

Hope you will reply in the light of Quran and Sunnah.

 

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Answer:

 

Can one keep hamster rat as pet

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

 

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 4.531         Narrated by Aisha

The Prophet (saws) said, "Five kinds of animals are mischief-doers and can be killed even in the Sacred Sanctuary (in Makkah): They are the rat, the scorpion, the kite, the crow and the rabid dog."

 

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 4.532         Narrated by Abdullah bin Umar

Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "It is not sinful of a person (even if) in the state of ‘Ihram’ to kill any of these five animals: ‘The scorpion, the rat, the rabid dog, the crow and the kite."

 

A rat is inherently an impure animal, and the absolute majority of the scholars and jurists in Islam are of the opinion that it would not be permissible for a believer to keep an impure animal like a rat or a hamster as a pet in their homes…..And Allah Alone Knows Best.

 

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone.  Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

 

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

 

 

Burhan