• 51 Animals
  • 588 Making animals fight each other
  • 589 The barking of dogs and braying of donkeys
  • 590 When you hear a cock
  • 591 Do not curse fleas

51. Animals

chapter 588. Making animals fight each other

1232. It is reported from Mujahid that Ibn ‘Umar disliked making animals fight each other.
Grade: Hasan (Sound)
Commentary: The reason for such disapproval is that it involves needlessly tiring out and causing pains to the animals! See narrations on Chapter 176.

chapter 589. The barking of dogs and braying of donkeys

1233. Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said “Do not go out often after the night is still. Allah has animals which he sends out. Anyone who hears the barking of a dog or the braying of a donkey should seek refuge with Allah from the Accursed Shaytan. They see what you do not see.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: In another version of this hadeeth, it says, “…because it saw a satan.” This report also show that seeking refuge with Allah when we hear the barking of a dog or the braying of the donkey is restricted to the night; not any other time of the day.

1234. Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When you hear a dog barking or a donkey braying in the night, seek refuge with Allah. They see what you do not see. Shut the doors and mention the Name of Allah over them. Shaytan will not open a door which has been shut and had the name of Allah mentioned over it. Then cover the pots, tie the water-skins and cover the vessels.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

1235. See previous two hadiths.
Grade:
Commentary: Similar to No. 1233, with a different isnād.

chapter 590. When you hear a cock

1236. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When you hear the crowing of a cock in the night, it has seen an angel. Ask Allah for its blessing. If you hear the braying of a donkey in the night, it has seen a shaytan, so seek refuge with Allah from shaytan.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

chapter 591. Do not curse fleas

1237. Anas ibn Malik reported that a man cursed fleas in the presence of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Do not curse them. A flea woke up one of the Prophets for the prayer.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)