Please guide us that which animals and birds can be kept at home as pets.
Question
Assalam o Alaikum Please guide us that which animals and birds can be kept at home as pets. Jazakallah Khair!
Answer
You may keep cat, rabbit, parrot, pigeons and other domestic birds as pets.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Ml. Imraan Vawda
FATWA DEPT.
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