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Is it permissible to keep spiders as pets?

Published as Keeping spiders as pets

· 2 Shaʻban 1436 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Is it permissible to keep spiders as pets?

Answer

Life is very precious. Don't waste your life with this type of futile hobbies. Unfortunately, some white person has to start off something silly and we will want to ape him like monkeys. They don't have a purpose in life. Their goal is vain and futile activities. Eventually, we also become useless liabilities like them.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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