{"id":22154,"date":"2019-01-28T10:29:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T06:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/?p=22154"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:20:57","slug":"the-rights-of-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/the-rights-of-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"The rights of Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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am Kazem (PBUH) has said: \u201cWith respect to inferiors and the closed-tongues (animals) take God into consideration.\u201d They asked him: \u201cWhat is meant by the closed-tongues?\u201d He answered: \u201cThe sheep, cat, dove, etc.\u201d[1]<\/a><\/p>

The animals play various crucial roles in the lives of humans. The Almighty has granted the man a great blessing by creating them.<\/p>

In the Holy Quran some chapters are nominated with the names of animals such as the An\u2019am (the four legged), al-Bagharah (the cow), al-Feell (the elephant), al-Nahl (the bee), al-Naml (the ant), and al-Ankabut (the spider) which show the interdependence of the life of the humans with the animals\u2019.<\/p>

Islam has regulated some rights and duties with respect to the animals, domestic and wild, and has considers rules such as the duty to provide water and food and necessary needs for them and not doing to them injustice.<\/p>

Islam emphasizes good treatment, tolerance and mindful use with respect to the animals, and\u00a0does not allow<\/strong>\u00a0man, with the excuse of his superiority,\u00a0to ignore the rights of animals<\/strong>.<\/p>

That is why Imam Musa bin Jaffar (PBUH) has reminded to take God into consideration in treating the animals. That means we should not treat them in a way that leads to God\u2019s lack of satisfaction.<\/p>

The animals have rights that we are obliged to uphold them, and there are numerous jurisprudence rules in this respect.\u00a0\u00a0For example, it is not allowed to put on an animal a load heavier than its capacity. Or making it carry it in a long route. The riding of three persons on it is prohibited as well[2]<\/a>.<\/p>

Providing the necessary needs of the animal is included in the duties as well. The most obvious of them having the right to live, as well as providing its food and water and a good shelter, security in the night, abstaining from harming and disturbing the animal are among these rights.<\/p>

Imam Kazem (PBUH) has counted as a sign of generosity is that\u00a0the animals under one\u2019s supervision be well fed and taken care of[3]<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>

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Selection from Mafatih al-Hayat Ayatullah Jawadi Amoli<\/strong><\/p>

Tags: Imam Musa bin Jafar al-Kazim (peace be upon her)<\/a> – The words of Imam Kazem<\/a><\/p>

Footnotes:<\/u><\/strong><\/h1>

[1]<\/a> Makarim al-Akhlaq, pg. 129<\/p>

[2]<\/a> Jawahir al-Kalam, vol. 31, pg. 397<\/p>

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