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Questionable Teachings of Islam:

One Billion People Deceived

During the encounters, Muhammad claimed that Jibreel would sometimes appear to him
in the figure of a man. On one occasion, Jibreel had arranged to visit Muhammad at his
house but the angel was frightened away by a puppy, as stated in the following text:

"A'isha reported that Gabriel (peace be upon him) made a promise with Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) to come at a definite hour; that hour came but he did not visit
him. And there was in his hand (in the hand of Allah's Apostle) a staff. He threw it from
his hand and said: Never has Allah or His messengers (angels) ever broken their promise.
Then he cast a glance (and by chance) found a puppy under his cot and said: 'A'isha,
when did this dog enter here? She said: By Allah, I don't know. He then commanded and
it was turned out. Then Gabriel came and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said to him: You promised me and I waited for you. but you did not come, whereupon he
said: It was the dog in your house which prevented me (to come), for we (angels) do not
enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture."
(Sahih Muslim, Book 024, Number 5246:)

It is through this account that Muslims are forbidden to have dogs as pets. Muhammad
ordered that dogs should be killed with the exception of those used specifically for
protecting large property:

"Then on that very morning he commanded the killing of the dogs until he announced that
the dog kept for the orchards should also be killed, but he spared the dog meant for the
protection of extensive fields (or big gardens)."
Also; Sahih Muslim, Book 024, Number 5248:

It is also taught that Muslims who own dogs will lose "points" from their "good-deed
rewards" that they are accumulating in order to gain "paradise:"

Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Whoever acquires a dog other than a sheepdog
or hunting dog, will have two qirats deducted from the reward of his good actions every
day."
(Malik’s Muwatta, Book 54, Number 54.5.13: )

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