[Singapore] - Singaporean Malay man became legally blind as a teenager due to genetic flaw, struggles to get around Singapore

[laksaboy]

He should get a guide dog.

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Dogs are haram. It's easier to beg for money online.

 

[laksaboy]

What would be his NS vocation?

SCDF hose operator. Don't need vision for that.

 

[Leongsam]

Dogs are haram. It's easier to beg for money online.

https://cjislam.weebly.com/why-touching-a-dog-is-not-haram-in-islam.html

Why Touching a Dog Is Not Haram in Islam
30/06/2019

The dog is considered as a pet among non Muslims in many parts of the world but among Muslims, dogs are despised and even regarded as unclean animals. As a result of having this belief that dogs are filthy animals, most Muslim brothers and sisters in the world go to the extent of treating dogs in a heartless manner where as Islam teaches a Muslim to treat all of Allah's creations mercifully. Many of them should realize that Allah forgave a prostitute for giving water to a dog. She took off her sock, tied it to her veil, and drew up some water and Allah forgave her for that.
(Narrated in Bukhari and Muslim)
A very big misunderstanding has arisen as a result of wrongly understanding the hadiths relating to dogs and a wrong analogy has been taken as a result of this misunderstanding.

The Misunderstood hadith
The hadiths that are often quoted has nothing to do with touching a dog. The hadith is as follows.
Narrated by Abu Hurayrah,
“The purification of the vessel of one of you, if a dog licks it, is to wash it seven times, the first time with soil.”
(Sahih Muslim)

In another hadith the prophet (Sal) said,
“If a dog licks the vessel of one of you, let him wash it seven times and rub it with soil the eighth time.”
(Sahih Muslim)

The hadiths mentioned above has nothing to do with a dog being najis or touching a dog. In this hadith, the Prophet (Sal) clearly said that if a dog licks only the vessel, then you should wash the vessel six or seven times with water and one time with soil. It is specifically only when a dog licks a vessel. Unfortunately this has been interpreted in a way to mean that even if a dog licks you or your cloths then you have to wash seven times with water and then with soil. There is no evidence in the Quran or authentic hadiths to prove that you must wash seven times if a dog licks or touches your clothes or parts of your body whether it is wet or dry. This is an erroneous fatwa. Shaykh ul Islam. Ibn Taymiyyah (Rah) said the following in his book "Majmu al Fataawa-21/530,
"if the wetness of the dog’s hair gets onto one’s garment or body, that does not make it najis"

He also said in Majmu al Fatawa-21/217/ 218,
"That is because the basic principle is that substances are taahir, and it is not permissible to regard anything as naajis or haraam without evidence, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “while He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you, except under compulsion of necessity?”
[al-An’aam 6:119]
“And Allaah will never lead a people astray after He has guided them until He makes clear to them as to what they should avoid”
[al-Tawbah 9:115]"
Many wrong fatwas have been derived using this hadith. Another argument is that you cannot pray if a dog licks you or if you touch it. This argument has no basis in Islam and mostly the innovators like members of Sufi, Tabligh Jamaath and other heretical sects that make such false claims because they are blind followers of their mureeds or sheikhs and nothing, even the Sunnah of our beloved messenger (Sal) is not accepted until the approval is given by the so called sheikhs and mureeds and false awliya's of these deviated sects.

Evidence To Prove That You Can Touch A Dog
Dogs are not filthy as wrongly thought by ignorant Muslims. There is no evidence to prove from the Quran or authentic hadiths that a dog is najis. The evidence to prove that you can touch a dog are in the below hadiths.
Narrated by Hamzah bin Abdullah,
"My father said. "During the lifetime of Allah's Apostle, the dogs used to urinate, and pass through the mosques (come and go), nevertheless they never used to sprinkle water on it (urine of the dog.)"
(Sahih-Al-Bukhari)
In the above hadith it is clear that dogs urinated in the mosques during the time of the prophet (Sal) and the prophet (Sal) or his companions did not take pains to wash the mosques like how some Muslims are doing nowadays. Islam is a simple and very easy religion to follow. If dogs were impure and the prayers not accepted if a dog touches, then the prophet (Sal) and his companions would not have waited without washing the mosques.

In a hadith narrated by Aisha (Rali),
Gabriel (peace be upon him) made a promise with Allah's Messenger (Sal) to come at a definite hour; that hour came but he did not visit him. And there was in his hand (in the hand of Allah's Apostle) a staff. He threw it from his hand and said:
Never has Allah or His messengers (angels) ever broken their promise. Then he cast a glance (and by chance) found a puppy under his cot and said: 'Aisha, when did this dog enter here? She said: By Allah, I don't know He then commanded and it was turned out.
(Sahih Muslim)
In the above hadith the prophet (Sal) told Aisha (Rali) to turn out the dog from the house because angels do not enter a house where there is a dog. If touching a dog was haram then the prophet (Sal) would not have ordered Aisha (Rali) to throw the dog because she would have had to carry it by her hand or the prophet (Sal) would have told her to not touch it.

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah (Rali),
the Messenger of Allah (Sal) said:
"Jibra'il came to me and said: "Indeed I had come to you last night, and nothing prevented me from entering upon you at the house you were in, except that there were images of men at the door of the house, and there was a curtain screen with imagines on it, and there was a dog in the house. So go and sever the head of the image that is at the door so that it will become like a tree stump, and go and cut the screen and make two throw-cushions to be sat upon, and go and expel the dog." So the Messenger of Allah (Sal) did so, and the dog was a puppy belonging to Al-Husain or Al-Hasan which was under his belongings, so he ordered him to expel it.
(Tirmidhi and graded Hasan Sahih bu imam Tirmidhi)

In this hadith, it is evident that the grandchildren of the prophet (Sal) were playing with a little puppy and the prophet (Sal) never ordered his grand children or his family to go and wash themselves seven times with water and soil. If touching a dog was unclean then the prophet (Sal) would have said so.
Narrated `Adi bin Hatim:
"I asked the Prophet (about the hunting dogs) and he replied, "If you let loose (with Allah's name) your tamed dog after a game and it hunts it, you may eat it, but if the dog eats of (that game) then do not eat it because the dog has hunted it for itself." I further said, "Sometimes I send my dog for hunting and find another dog with it. He said, "Do not eat the game for you have mentioned Allah's name only on sending your dog and not the other dog."
(Sahih Al Bukhari)
If touching a dog was such a sin then the prophet (Sal) would not have allowed dogs for hunting. Keeping a dog for hunting,as a guard dog or to protect livestock is also allowed and if touching a dog was forbidden then the prophet (Sal) would not have told to keep them in the first place.

Abu Hurairah (Rali) reported:
Messenger of Allah (Sal) said, "While a man was walking on his way he became extremely thirsty. He found a well, he went down into it to drink water. Upon leaving it, he saw a dog which was panting out of thirst. His tongue was lolling out and he was eating moist earth from extreme thirst. The man thought to himself: 'This dog is extremely thirsty as I was.' So he descended into the well, filled up his leather sock with water, and holding it in his teeth, climbed up and quenched the thirst of the dog. Allah appreciated his action and forgave his sins". The Companions asked: "Shall we be rewarded for showing kindness to the animals also?" He (Sal) said, "A reward is given in connection with every living creature".
(Sahih-Al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim)

The prophet (Sal) encouraged the Muslims to be kind to animals including dogs as in this hadith . Islam is a very easy religion and going in to extremes is forbidden in Islam. In a hadith narrated by Ibn Masud (Rali),
The prophet (Sal) said,
"Doomed are the extremists. He said this three times"
(Sahih Muslim)

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah,
The prophet (Sal) said,
"Religion is very easy and whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that way. So you should not be extremists, but try to be near to perfection and receive the good tidings that you will be rewarded; and gain strength by worshipping in the mornings, the afternoons, and during the last hours of the nights."
(Sahih Al Bukhari)
From all the evidence from the Quran and the authentic hadiths, it is clear beyond doubt that you can touch a dog and a dog is not filthy.

 

[laksaboy]

Official MUIS website:

https://www.muis.gov.sg/officeofthemufti/Irsyad/English-Advisory-on-Guide-Dogs

Islam does not encourage Muslims to keep dogs if there is no necessity for it, or if there is no urgent need or scholars (ulama) regarding the rule of keeping and touching dogsdarurat (dire situation). Thus, a Muslim should refrain from keeping dogs as a hobby or when there is no permissible reason to do so.

Guide dogs are allowed, but according to MUIS, it is only as a last resort and a necessary evil.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Mudslimes are just making mountains out of mole hills.

Is it OK to pat a dog? The question at the heart of a dispute over Islamic tradition
Updated Mon 4 Nov 2019, 10:32 AM AEDT

PHOTO Does this picture warm your heart or make you fearful? For some Muslims, dogs are a source of trepidation. GETTY: CIRANO83
Australian travellers returning from overseas barely raise an eyebrow when approached by a sniffer dog at one of our baggage carousels.
Many even smile — after all, dogs are cute!
But as ubiquitous as they've become, for some travellers the canines are a source of trepidation — and I'm not talking about drug traffickers.
For some Muslims, anxiety upon arrival in Australia derives less from a concern about encountering local authorities and more from a deep-seated fear of dogs.

PHOTO It's not just drug traffickers who might see this and panic. GETTY: IAN WALDIE
Followers of the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence in Sunni Islam, mainly found in East Africa and South-East Asia, are taught that dogs are unclean and impure.
If they touch a dog they must wash the area of contact seven times — the first time with dirt and the remaining six times with water.
This ruling is based on a hadith — a second‑hand account of the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, which states:

"Cleanse your vase which the dog licked by washing it seven times and the first is with earth (soil)."

If the person fails to do so, their prayers are rendered invalid.
These rules also extend to clothes, dishes and other items with which dogs have contact.
This arduous purification process deters Shafi'i Muslims from having any encounters with dogs, which they have come to view as unclean, aggressive and dangerous.
In Malaysia and Indonesia, stray dogs that roam the streets, and even dogs kept domestically by non-Muslim neighbours, are avoided by Muslims at all costs.

PHOTO In Malaysia and Indonesia, some Muslims actively avoid areas where dogs are present. GETTY: DARCY WILSON
Muslim children in these countries tremble upon hearing dogs bark.
Walkers and joggers choose routes that avoid areas where dogs — even placid dogs — are known to congregate.
But not everyone feels this way, and the debate has generated a broader doctrinal dispute about Islamic jurisprudence and the flexibility of religious tradition.
'I want to touch a dog'
Syed Azmi Alhabshi, a Muslim-Malaysian pharmacist, is among the people encouraging more compassion towards dogs.
In 2014, he decided to organise an event called "I Want to Touch a Dog".
Held at a large shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, it attracted more than 800 people, 200 volunteers and dogs of different breed including poodles, golden retrievers and German shepherds.

PHOTO The event attracted more than 800 people, including these women. FACEBOOK: I WANT TO TOUCH A DOG - KAMI BOIKOT 100%
It was designed to demystify dogs, but the event also exposed its organiser to criticism from doctrinaire Shafi'is and Malaysia's state-backed religious authorities, and even death threats.
Mr Alhabshi eventually spoke at a press conference apologising if he had offended Muslim sensibilities.
"With a sincere heart, my intention to organise this program was because of Allah and not to distort the faith, change religious laws, make fun of ulama (learned men) or encourage liberalism," he said.
The matter did not end there.
In 2017, the Department of Islamic Development of Malaysia (JAKIM) issued a religious ruling reprimanding a Muslim woman for uploading a Facebook post showing pictures of her pet dog Bubu.
JAKIM argued that keeping a pet dog violates the norms of the Shafi'i school and undermines Islam in Malaysia.
A doctrinal dispute
But a number of Muslim scholars and lay intellectuals, including in Malaysia, have questioned the Shafi'i jurisprudence.
They argue that the school's rigidity concerning the status of dogs does not reflect the position of the two other Sunni schools, especially the Maliki school.
One common story appeals to Malaysian history.
In the 1930s, the Crown Prince of the State of Kelantan, then part of British Malaya, wanted to keep a dog but was opposed by his sister.
The local religious authorities, incapable of resolving the family dispute, solicited advice from Al-Azhar University in Cairo, long considered an international authority on Islamic theology.
The clerics there denied any prohibition against dogs, leaving the Sultan to enjoy his companion.
Others rely on more recent rulings from al-Azhar, where the prominent scholar of the Shafi'i school, Ali Gomaa, has also ruled to allow Muslims to keep dogs as pets at home.
According to Sheikh Gomaa, as long as one dedicates a room for prayers that the dog cannot access, the dog's presence in the home is permitted.
The Maliki school, meanwhile, does not treat the animal as impure, and does not impose the purification requirements that the Shafi'i school does upon contact with a dog.
As the debate in Malaysia intensified, Malaysian Muslims actively discussed the subject, including on social media.
The traditionalist camp, led by Malaysia's religious bureaucracy, stated the importance of adhering to only one school of thought.
It emphasised the dangers of legal eclecticism in which Muslims pick and choose from each of the three Sunni schools of jurisprudence at random.
This position was taken in direct opposition to those who pointed to Maliki scholars to justify a more liberal approach to dogs.
The dog debate then in turn generated a broader doctrinal dispute about the extent to which Muslims were required to adhere to one school of thought exclusively.
In 2018, the Mufti of the state of Penang, Dato Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor, emphasised the importance of benefitting from other schools, and argued that Malaysian worshippers should not consider only the teachings of the Shafi'i school.
"Even though in the Malay world, in Malaysia, Indonesia and southern Thailand, we follow Shafi'i school of thought, this does not prevent us from reaping the benefits from the other schools of thought," he said.
"Truth can be found anywhere and as Muslims, we must be confident because Islam provides solutions to all of humanities problems and that is why we need to have an open mind."
In this way, the conversation — and controversy — around petting dogs is actually about something far bigger.
It shows that Muslims continue to assess what Islam means for them, at times drawing from tradition, and at other times challenging existing traditions.
The debate over Islamic theology and jurisprudence is vibrant in Muslim societies.
Dr Raihan Ismail is a lecturer in the Australian National University's Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, and an ABC Top 5 humanities scholar for 2019.
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Resukts for them linked to eyesight?