Agreed upon (8). If one keeps it for guarding houses, it is not permissible due to the report. However, it is possible that it is permissible; this is the view of the companions of al-Shafi'i, because it is in the same meaning as the three (permitted purposes), so it should be analogized to them. The first view is more correct, because applying the analogy of other than these three to them would permit that which the report covers by way of prohibition. Al-Qadi said: "It is not in their meaning; for the thief might devise a trick to remove it by feeding it something, then stealing the goods. As for the wolf, it does not allow for this regarding it, and because keeping it in houses harms passersby, unlike in the desert."

Section: As for raising a small puppy for one of the three purposes, it is permissible according to the stronger of the two views, because he intended it for that, so it takes on its ruling. Just as it is permissible to sell a young slave or a young foal that has no benefit at the present time, due to its eventual benefit. And because if he were not to keep a young one, it would not be possible to make the dog a hunting dog, since it does not become trained except by training, and it is not possible to train it except by raising it and keeping it for a period during which one trains it. Allah the Almighty says: "...and those beasts of prey which you have trained as hounds, teaching them according to the knowledge which Allah has taught you" (9). And there is no trained dog found without training. The second view is that it is not permissible, because it is not one of the three.

Section: Whoever keeps a dog for hunting, then abandons hunting for a period, while intending to return to it,