Rights and Duties Pertaining to Kept Animals

Summary
Animals are at the heart of many of today’s heated ethical and legal
debates. This paper presents a survey of Qur’anic verses and prophetic
narrations related to kept animals, and a study of one school’s application
of this evidence to the topic of kept animals. This ethical and legal
study will also throw into relief some of the mechanism of madhhabbased
jurisprudence and fiqh reasoning. This study serves as a basis for
understanding and applying Islamic moral theology to the numerous
contemporary issues related to kept animals.
About the Author
musa furber is a Senior Research Fellow at the Tabah Foundation.
He studied the various Islamic Disciplines in Damascus, where
he received a license to teach the Shāfi‘ī school of law. He then studied
at Dar al-Ifta in Cairo, where he received a license to deliver legal
edicts (fatwas) from Sheikh Ali Gomaa. He also has a BA in Applied
Linguistics from Portland State University (Oregon, USA), and a Masters
in Public Administration from Dubai School of Government. Some
of his recent publications while at Tabah Foundation include: Ethical
Dimensions of Nanotechnology, Ethics & Virtual Worlds, Reducing
the Role of Decision-Making Biases in Muslim Responsa, Elements of
a Fatwa & Their Contribution to Confidence in Its Validity, Ranking
Confidence in the Validity of Contemporary Fatwas & Their Dissemination
Channels, and Obligations to Future Generations.