Keeping a pet

Question

Is it okay to keep a pet?

Answer

 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما

With the exception of dogs and pigs, it is permissible to keep an animal as a pet with the following conditions:

  1. The owner must fulfill its needs without making it suffer.
  2. The pet does not cause disturbance to the neighbours. 

However, those animals which are not usually domesticated and are more comfortable left free in the wild, it would be better not to keep such animals as pets.

والله اعلم

Allah Knows best.

Approved by: Mufti Husain Ahmad Madani