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There are a lot of organizations that make public they are defending ANIMAL RIGHTS in front of the media Now we would like to share Muslim perspective on this subject.
There are a lot of organizations that make public they are defending ANIMAL RIGHTS in front of the media Now we would like to share Muslim perspective on this subject.
In the western world “Animal Rights” concept was put on the agenda late 19th century. The Universal Declaration of Animal Rights was proclaimed in Paris on 15 October 1978 at the UNESCO headquarters. Now let’s examine Muslim practices since centuries ago.
The best sample to the humanity, our beloved Prophet (Peace be upon him) “…He even thought baby animals and ordered to behave compassionately and clemently to them, care them well and banned insult, sarcasm…When a man was milking his goat The Prophet said to him to leave milk to the young goat… also the prophet banned to harm birds nest and take eggs and chicks, he did not tolerate to hunting for enjoyment, amusement and entertainment. (1)
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The Prophet (pbuh) “If someone kills a sparrow unjustly Allah (God) the almighty will bring him/her to account for it in the Doomsday” (2)
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Anas Bin Malek saw a group that made a hen target and took aim at the hen and said “the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) banned to make living animals target.“ (3)
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Abdullah (the son of Hazrat Omar) narrated a saying of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) “A woman was punished in hell becuse of a cat that was died becuse of hunger Allah scolded the woman “You did not feed, water also set free in order to find its share in the earth.” (4)
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A prostitute woman saw a dog almost dead because of waterless was was hanging about around a well. She took her shoe off and made her cover rope, she tied the shoe with the rope and drew the water from the well and gave water to the dog so Allah forgave her.” (5)
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A young lady was on a camel carrying some belongings of Muslims She saw the Prophet (pbuh) meanwhile they reached narrow part of the path on mountain… the Woman said “Giddap! Allah damn it” then tried tor ride the camel. The Prophet (pbuh) said “Do not a damned camel accompany us.” (That means Muslim society do not want damned human or animal with them also this words
of the prophet (pbuh) were directed to the woman mean “You lose the right to use the animal that you damned…Do modern animal rights defenders know the Prophet (pbuh) that even banned to say “Damn it” to the animals. (6)
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Anas bin Malek: “When we stayed for the night. We did not to begin paternoster and pray to Allah without untying load of camels for their rest.” (Ebu Dawud.Cihad:44) (7)
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The Pophet (pbuh) banned to incite animals to fight each others. (8)
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The Prophet passed near a donkey that had branded on its face and said “Allah damn him/her that branded/fired its face.” (Muslim.Libas.107) (9)
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Hazrat Ali gave as a gift a booty camel to Hazrat Hamza and other one to Hazrat Fatima then Hazrat Hamza kicked Hazrat Fatima’s camel with anger and the camel was wounded…Hazrat Ali told the event to the Prophet (pbuh)….When Hazrat Hamza was martyred he was cut into seventy parts…The Prophet said “My backbone was broken” and said in sorrow “I wish you would not kick Hazrat Fatima’s camel.” (10)
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“Let’s study “Istanbul Municipality Laws” dated 1502 in the era of II. Bayazid.
*…Do not use the horse that has problem on its feet.
*…Take care the feet of horses, mules and donkeys.
*…Do not load heavily.
*…All people must obey these rules,
*…Guards must protect laws (rights) of everything that Allah created… There are Islamic rule…”(11)
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Sultan III. Murad 1586 accepted “carrying load on handicapped and weak animals” committing a crime. (12)
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“O! Messenger of Allah…Are there reward from Allah for goodness to animals” They asked. And Prophet (pbuh) said “There are reward for goodness to living being.”
The beloved Prophet ordered to people that milked animals to cut their fingernails not to hurt animals.
The Prophet (pbuh) came near to a camel that moaned when it saw Him and he caressed its head then turned to its owner:
“Do not you fear from Allah for this camel? It warned met hat you did not give any food and tired it a lot.” (13)
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When the Prophet (pbuh) was going forward to Mecca with his army and saw a dog breast-feeding its puppies and barking for protecting them and the Prophet (pbuh) took measures to prevent any injury from the army to the dog and its puppies and ordered his companion Cuayl bin Suraka to stand in front of the dog. (14)
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“Famous sufi Ali al-Havvas (d.1532) frequently used to control feeding trough of dogs and fill them foods that carrying with him and While Ebudderda (another companion of the Prophet (pbuh)) was crying by the side of his dead camel and had said : “O! Damun (its name)…Do not become claimant in the presence of my LORD (Allah). You know I always have careful attention not to load you above your strength.” (15)
When the Prophet (pbuh) was passing by a camel very much faint and the Prophet (pbuh) said “Fear Allah because of rights of these mute animals! and ride them, eat them too while they are well-fed.” (16)
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Shah-i Nakshiband (k.s.) said “A dog that i served, treated its wounds, bruises lied on its back, lifted its four feet up, turned its face to the sky and so supplicated that then i lifted my hands up and said “AMEN”. Here is all what happened realized at that time.” (17)
The events that we will quote now are in mind-blowing, amazing magnifience and it is not a big claim to say that these behaviours can be seen between people called Muslims.
DDT was not invented yet. In that times there are a lşot of bedbugs in old Istanbul wooden houses. When the bedbugs were catched, They were not killed and they are collected on a stone in a bowl filled with water until the morning then they are freed in the garden. I want to shout to the blockheaded ones that say “Every terrorist is muslim.” (18)
Bayazid-i Bastami, They took a break under trees during a journey then continued to the journey…They saw some ants walking on their bags from the break area on the way…They turned back not to separete them from homes. ( Now people calls people like that mad) (19)
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Hazrat Omar touched wound of a camel because of its rubbing saddle with his hand and said “ I am afraid of interrogation (by Allah) because of the incident that happened to you too.” (20)
Prof. Nevzat TARHAN says : “When the populatin exchange happened (between Turkey and Greece) Some Greeks wanted to take their cats with them but the cats do not want it…because cats have some feelings for the land, There are “cat loyalty-dog loyalty and human loyalty” but loyalty of cat is for land, loyalty of dog is for human and loyalty of human is for thoughts. (21)
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“In islamic sufism people keep away from killing animals as far as possible and excessive fonding of meat are seen as makruh (disgusting).” (22)
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After being caliph, Hazrat Ali said in a part of his first Khutba (sermon): “…the life in the next world is waiting for human beings, Fear Allah! becuse of fulfilling the rights of human beings (servants of Allah) and the rights of the earth!. You will be interrogated for animals and the earth.” (23)
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“Kanan Rifai cried out a man that was beating his horse mercilessly in the middle of street: “Do not hit…My son…do not hit! When you hit it, i feel pain in my own body.” (24)
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The son of Hazrat Abbas told: “We were going to a place with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). A man had tied a sheep to butcher and were sharpening his knife in front of the sheep. The Prophet (pbuh) said to this man “Do you want to kill it again and again?” (25)
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Omar bin Abdulaziz wrote a letter to SAHIBU’L SILK (Minister of Communications of that time) “Do not behave rudely to the animals and do not use stick with awl or iron while you are riding them” (26)
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“There were a profession called “liver seller”, These men were carrying a long sticks with livers on the top of it to sell them in streets and bazaars. When the charitable people met them they used to buy livers to give them to hungry cats and dogs as aiming to acquire merit (good deed).” (27)
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Pere Jehannot that was a priest wrote a travel book when he visited Ottoman country. He wrote about animal rights: “Turks consider dogs filthy so they do not let dogs in their homes but they appropriate some money to butchers in their testament to give meat to dogs daily to protect them from trouble beacuse of hunger.” (28)
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Abu Huraira that was called “Abdul Shams= Servat of Sun” by the people in Jahilliya (the time of pre-Islamic Arabian paganism) but The Prophet (pbuh) changed his name to “Abdullah= servant of Allah” When he was a child he used to put kittens in his shirttail then love and caress them as he found kittens in grazing flock so people gave him a nickname ABU HURAIRA=Father of Cats” (29)
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“Hazrat Omar ordered to let a pigeon fly away, the Pigeon flied and perched on the Marwa hill, a snake catched it and killed there so Hazrat Omar sacrified a sheep (thinking
that i caused the pigeons dead.) (30)
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“In the time of Children of Israel a man mounted an ox, meanwhile the animal turned its face to the man and said:
-I was not created for that. I was created for ploughing fields. The Prophet (pbuh): “I believed in what the animal said, Abu Baker and Omar too.” (31)
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Our beloved Prophet mounted a horse first time in UHUD, this horse was bought and named “SAKB” by the Prophet. The Prophet (pbuh) so cared and paid attention that as He (pbuh) caressed face of the horse with His shirt’s cuff, the Companions was astonished and said :
-“O Messenger of Allah, are you caressing with your shirt’s cuff?”
-and the Prophet (pbuh) said “What can I do, I was scolded by the Archangel Gabriel becuse of horse.” (32)
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French advocate Guer that travelled Ottoman country in XVII. century mentioned about a hospital for cats and dogs that were sick in Damascus also Prof. M. Sibai gave those informations about Animal (Waqf) Foundations.in Damascus. “In old Foundation tradition there are places for treating sick animals and putting them out pasture (This green pasture is now Damascus City Stadium that had been given as waqf (an inalienable religious endowment) for weak animals grazing.) (33)
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Anas Ibni Malek (a companion of the Prophet (pbuh)) : “When we arrived the break place, we did not to begin to pray without untying load of animals for their rest.” (34)
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Our Prophet (pbuh) said “THERE ARE REWARD (good deed) IN WATERING ALL LIVING CREATURES.” (35)
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AUSTRIAN ambassador Busberg wrote a letter that mentioned a event in 1 June 1553 : “A Venetian jeweller (very fond of birds) found a bird that has a strange beak, he hanged it as stretching its wings on the entrance of his shop also opened its beak as putting a rod between the beak. Turks passing away near the shop thought that the bird was dead, when the looked at it carefully, noticed that it was alive and directly complained to Qadi (Muslim judge) then Venetian ambassador saved the jeweller from punishment. (36)
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The events we have tried to mention and tell above are not only on lines of books we lived and made them alive in the life.
“…Our honourable architecture built “BIRD HOUSES” on the walls of buildings as a sign of love yesterday…As a matter of fact, animals was not stoned, pack animals were not whipped, there were waqfs (Foundations) for ownerless animals, birds with broken wing, storks in our civilization” (37)
Stay with happiness and hope….
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