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declawing cats is inhumane and wrong

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear brother in Islam, thanks a lot for your question which reflects your care to have a clear view of the teachings of Islam. Allah commands Muslims to refer to people of knowledge to get themselves well-acquainted with the teachings of Islam as well as all aspects of life. 

First of all, it should be noted that a Muslim is demanded to be kind and merciful even in dealing with animals. It was authentically reported that a woman was admitted to Hellfire because she deprived a cat from eating and drinking until it starved. On the other hand, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) told us that a man entered Paradise because he brought water to a thirsty dog. 

In his response to your question, Dr. Sano Koutoub Moustapha, professor of fiqh and its principles, International Islamic University, Malaysia, states: 

Islam calls upon Muslims to fear Allah in everything including the animals. Islam also calls upon Muslims to be gentle and nice to everything and at all times even when they want to slaughter animals.

In this context, declawing a cat is a form of harming, oppressing, and depriving it from its rights of having claws, which it needs not to scratch your furniture but to scratch and defend itself.

Therefore, you should let your cat grow its claws and find other ways of protecting your furniture other than hurting or harming innocent and friendly animals like cats.

Ramadan 2013

In North America, Tomorrow is Ramadan.

July-10-2013

Ramadan Kareem.

The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and criterion. So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days. Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to complete the period and to glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful.

Surat Al-Baqarah
2:185

Ramaḍan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; Muslims worldwide observe this as a 

month of fasting.This annual observance is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The 

month lasts 29–30 days based on the visual sightings of the crescent moon, according to 

numerous biographical accounts compiled in hadiths. The word Ramadan comes from the 

Arabic root ramida or ar-ramad, which means scorching heat or dryness. Fasting is fardh 

(obligatory) for adult Muslims, except those who are ill, travelling, pregnant, diabetic or 

going through menstrual bleeding.

While fasting from dawn until sunset, Muslims refrain from consuming food, drinking 

liquids, smoking, and engaging in sexual relations; in some interpretations they also refrain 

from swearing. Food and drink is served daily, before sunrise and after sunset. According to 

Islam, the thawab (rewards) of fasting are many, but in this month they are believed to be 

multiplied. Fasting for Muslims during Ramadan typically includes the increased offering of 

salat (prayers) and recitation of the Quran.

Volume 1, Book 3, Number 80 :

Narrated by Anas




Allah's Apostle said, "From among the portents of the Hour 

are (the following): 1. Religious knowledge will be taken 

away (by the death of Religious learned men). 2. (Religious) 

ignorance will prevail. 3. Drinking of Alcoholic drinks (will be 

very common). 4. There will be prevalence of open illegal 

sexual intercourse.

Concept of God. In Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism.

Exodus 20:4: “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

Qur’an 6:103: No visions can encompass Him, but He encompasses all visions.

Vedas : [Yajurveda 32:3]5 "na tasya pratima asti" "There is no image of Him."

    ."[Yajurveda 40:8]6  "shudhama poapvidham"

  "He is bodyless and pure

Comparison of the Ten Commandments with similar passages in the Qur'an

There are three versions of the Ten Commandments mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures, a.k.a. Old Testament. All are different. They can be found at Exodus 20:2-17, Exodus 34:12-26, and Deuteronomy 5:6-21. They all differ. However, the version in Exodus 20 is by far the most commonly cited.

*** The words in red are from the  Qur'an.

Comparison of verses from the old Testament and Qur'an:

3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.   17:22: Do not associate another deity with God.

47:19: So know, [O Muhammad], that there is no deity except Allah and ask forgiveness for your sin and for the believing men and believing women. And Allah knows of your movement and your resting place.

4-6: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth....    6:103: No visions can encompass Him, but He encompasses all visions.

14:35: My Lord, make this a peaceful land, and protect me and my children from worshiping idols.

42:11: [He is] Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you from yourselves, mates, and among the cattle, mates; He multiplies you thereby. There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

7: Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.  2:224: And do not make [your oath by] Allah an excuse against being righteous and fearing Allah and making peace among people. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

8-11: Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant [male slave], nor thy maidservant [female slave], nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.

12: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.         17:23-24: And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word. And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."

13: Thou shalt not kill.      17:33: And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, except by right. And whoever is killed unjustly - We have given his heir authority, but let him not exceed limits in [the matter of] taking life. Indeed, he has been supported [by the law].

14: Thou shalt not commit adultery.    17:32: And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.

15: Thou shalt not steal.   5:38 & 39: [As for] the thief, the male and the female, mark their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent [punishment] from Allah . And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

But whoever repents after his wrongdoing and reforms, indeed, Allah will turn to him in forgiveness. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

16: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbors.      25:72: And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant [male slave], nor his maidservant [female slave], nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.     4:32: And do not wish for that by which Allah has made some of you exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a share of what they have earned. And ask Allah of his bounty. Indeed Allah is ever, of all things, Knowing.