There are Muslims who do accept God's most intelligent animal.

It is heartening to read in the Malay Mail Online this morning of the acceptance of a dog by a Muslim cab driver.
Below is part of the report on Mohd. Kamil, the cab driver.

Mohd Kamil said he was not afraid of dogs as his mother once told him to help a stray dog that lay in the middle of the road after being hit by a car.

“It started in 2010 when I was sending mum to the airport for Umrah and then she saw a dog lying on the road helpless.

“She suggested that we help and I carried the dog to the side of the road and contacted the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,” he said.

His view on dogs changed since then.

“Muslim passengers need not worry because I cover my seats with newspapers and clean it with a lint remover once the dog and its owner get off,” he said. 

“I was initially worried what the community will say if they found out. So I kept quiet about what I did. But I believe there is nothing wrong to help those in need.”

Mohd Kamil said there was no policy stating a taxi driver cannot carry animals. He had even consulted other Muslim taxi drivers regarding this matter. 

Land Public Transport Commission chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar previously said there should not be a problem allowing guide dogs to assist the disabled in using public transportation, as well as in public places.

“Most of the other Muslim taxi drivers I talked to were also receptive to ferrying animals including dogs but they rarely talk about it fearing negative reaction from the community,” Mohd Kamil said.

- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/hop-on-board-doggie-says-cabbie#sthash.BKXS1HWa.dpuf

Without a doubt, the dog is one of the most intelligent animals, if not the most intelligent, created by God. As such, I have always felt so sad to see so many Muslim children throw things at them. Such ill-treatment from God-fearing children ought not to have happened. 

When it comes to this animal, it is one that we should care for for its loyalty, unconditional love and assistance towards mankind. I write through experience with this animal as i have reared them and in return it has given me so much love, happiness and feeling of security in my home.

Even the police in a country like Malaysia where Muslim form the majority of the citizens use dogs to help them to track criminals and smell out drugs. In doing so, they indirectly acknowledge the well-known intelligence of dogs. 

I have known of a Muslim teacher who have dogs in his plantation to look after it and from the way he talks about them, he obviously appreciated their presence.

I may have been wrongly informed but according to what i do know, dogs ought not to be ill-treated as all animals (Even pigs which I have written about elsewhere in this blog in which I reproduced with permission what a Muslim scholar said about them when people condemned a university student for holding one of them.) are the beloved creation of God. All followers of God have to admit that God is all powerful and having only creatures He wishes to have in this world is certainly within His power. Only atheists have the right to deny the power of God. 

I was also told, correctly or not, that a law was once passed to disallow the touching of the dog due to rabies, the mad dog disease which was prevalent at that period of time. However, rabies is no longer a problem during the 21st century and therefore such fear and dislike of the dog, one of God's most wonderful creatures, should no longer exist. 

Furthermore, where is the need to dislike dogs when it is said that what have to done after contact with the dog is to wash the hands a number of times.

So, it is so good to wake up to the fact that a Muslim cab driven can accept dogs in his cab when it is necessary to have them accompany their responsibilities to various destinations. Not only that! Sometimes the wisdom of ordinary people is so much greater than those who hold higher positions in society. In them, I see the greatness and blessings of God.

 

 

Mohd Kamil said he was not afraid of dogs as his mother once told him to help a stray dog that lay in the middle of the road after being hit by a car.
“It started in 2010 when I was sending mum to the airport for Umrah and then she saw a dog lying on the road helpless.
“She suggested that we help and I carried the dog to the side of the road and contacted the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,” he said.
His view on dogs changed since then.
“Muslim passengers need not worry because I cover my seats with newspapers and clean it with a lint remover once the dog and its owner get off,” he said.
“I was initially worried what the community will say if they found out. So I kept quiet about what I did. But I believe there is nothing wrong to help those in need.”
Mohd Kamil said there was no policy stating a taxi driver cannot carry animals. He had even consulted other Muslim taxi drivers regarding this matter.
Land Public Transport Commission chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar previously said there should not be a problem allowing guide dogs to assist the disabled in using public transportation, as well as in public places.
“Most of the other Muslim taxi drivers I talked to were also receptive to ferrying animals including dogs but they rarely talk about it fearing negative reaction from the community,” Mohd Kamil said.
- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/hop-on-board-doggie-says-cabbie#sthash.BKXS1HWa.dpuf