Is it Halal to Have a Pet Rabbit in Islam?
C.J Ahmed-07.06.2023
Having a pet rabbit is not at all haram in Islam because Islam does not forbid keeping rabbits as pets. Muslims can keep rabbits as pets and alo eat their meat.
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
We provoked a rabbit at Marr Az-Zahran till it started jumping. My companions chased it till they got tired. But I alone ran after it and caught it and brought it to Abu Talha. He sent both its legs to the Prophet who accepted them.(Bukhari)
Animals such as cats or lions are forbidden to be eaten but touching has never been forbidden in Islam and Muslims will not make a fuss in touching or petting lions, tigers or cats but due to extreme brainwashing and regimentation since childhood has made Most Muslims think that touching pigs is haram. Based on the proofs from the Quran and the authentic hadiths, it is clear that touching pigs is not haram I n Islam because Islam is silent on this issue and silence is from the mercy of Allah.
The prophet (sal) said:
“Verily Allah has obligated the obligations – so do not neglect them. And He has limited the limits – so do not transgress them. And His silence about things is from His mercy, not forgetfulness, so do not investigate them.”
(Hasan sahih-Ad-Darqutni No. 4/199 and Al-Baihaqi No. 10/122 a nd also graded Sahih by Sheikh Albani)
There is also evidence to prove that the grandsons of the prophet (sal), Hasan and Hussain (rali) used to keep pet dogs as mentioned in an authentic hadith in Tirmidhi and if pigs or dogs were filthy as generally believed by Muslims, the prophet (sal) would have forbidden from touching them. The mistake n belief among Muslims that pigs are unclean is taken from the bible which says,
“Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.”(
And don't eat pork, since pigs h;8)ave divided hoofs, but they do not chew their cud. Don't even touch a dead pig! (Deuteronomy-10:8)
“And the swine, because it divides the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you.”(Leviticus 11:7)
And further in the Bible it is even forbidden to touching a dead pig stating,
“And by [contact with] these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening,” (Leviticus-11:24)
There is no doubt that having a rabbit as a pet is not haram in Islam.
Having a pet rabbit is not at all haram in Islam because Islam does not forbid keeping rabbits as pets. Muslims can keep rabbits as pets and alo eat their meat.
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
We provoked a rabbit at Marr Az-Zahran till it started jumping. My companions chased it till they got tired. But I alone ran after it and caught it and brought it to Abu Talha. He sent both its legs to the Prophet who accepted them.(Bukhari)
Animals such as cats or lions are forbidden to be eaten but touching has never been forbidden in Islam and Muslims will not make a fuss in touching or petting lions, tigers or cats but due to extreme brainwashing and regimentation since childhood has made Most Muslims think that touching pigs is haram. Based on the proofs from the Quran and the authentic hadiths, it is clear that touching pigs is not haram I n Islam because Islam is silent on this issue and silence is from the mercy of Allah.
The prophet (sal) said:
“Verily Allah has obligated the obligations – so do not neglect them. And He has limited the limits – so do not transgress them. And His silence about things is from His mercy, not forgetfulness, so do not investigate them.”
(Hasan sahih-Ad-Darqutni No. 4/199 and Al-Baihaqi No. 10/122 a nd also graded Sahih by Sheikh Albani)
There is also evidence to prove that the grandsons of the prophet (sal), Hasan and Hussain (rali) used to keep pet dogs as mentioned in an authentic hadith in Tirmidhi and if pigs or dogs were filthy as generally believed by Muslims, the prophet (sal) would have forbidden from touching them. The mistake n belief among Muslims that pigs are unclean is taken from the bible which says,
“Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.”(
And don't eat pork, since pigs h;8)ave divided hoofs, but they do not chew their cud. Don't even touch a dead pig! (Deuteronomy-10:8)
“And the swine, because it divides the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you.”(Leviticus 11:7)
And further in the Bible it is even forbidden to touching a dead pig stating,
“And by [contact with] these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening,” (Leviticus-11:24)
There is no doubt that having a rabbit as a pet is not haram in Islam.