Animals & Pets

Q: If one has dogs for a valid need, is it necessary that their kennels are a minimum of 40 steps from the home? I have heard this a few times.

Q: In light of ebucks being haraam, would it be permissible to use the ebucks to purchase pet food?

Q: I wanted to know if we are allowed to use fox skin?

Q:

1. Can I keep a hamster as a pet?

2. If no, is there some specific ruling or ahadith attached to it?

Q: Is it permissible to play with a snake or keep a snake as a pet?

Q: I breed and sell security dogs. Is it permissible for me to use the money of that dogs as normal?

Q: There is a dispute between my mother and I regarding the cat which I keep in my house. My mother wants me to remove the cat from the house, whereas I want to keep the cat, and this causes us to fight.

I live separately with my wife and I am not even living with my mother, yet she has made a huge fuss for me to remove the cat from the house and I am not willing to do that.

Please guide me as to what I should do? We have extreme love for cats, but now my mother seldom visits our home and only comes perhaps twice a month.

Q: Are we allowed to sell pig feed?

Q: Is it permissible to kill rats by giving them rat killing poison in food if they create a nuisance in the household?

Q: Monkeys are becoming a big problem in our area, where they are even attacking children and adults if they think the person has any food on them. They are not scared when chasing away is attempted.

Is it permissible to shoot and kill them, if this problem is persisting?

Although it is a big problem, as the troop sizes keep increasing, authorities dont acknowledge any problem.