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I THINK, in Islam, the whole idea of having a pet is...wrong.
You know, the concept of "caging" it up and keeping it away from it's natural enviornment and whatnot...but yet again, I'm not sure...I, myself, have two birds, but they aren't by any means caged up. They just sleep in there and eat. For the rest of the day they're free to roam anywhere in house, no one stops them. We even take them outside occasionally. They're very well trained and loving. They even fly back inside by theirselves if I leave them unattended for too long.
xDDD

but of course, they crap everywhere, but I clean after them everyday.
I don't mind at all...

...I think the fact that they poop anywhere randomly is another reason why we can't have pets...but eh. My babies aren't allowed to go in the room where we all pray, so it's all good, or so I think...
D:

Thats interesting, I never actually thought about that.
The fact that having a pet snake might be haram. I'm not sure. But thats interesting.

I have no idea, but my common sense would tell me that it'd be ok to keep it so long as it doesn't try to harm you. Which is, ya know, the reason why it would be considered haram in the first place, lol.


I just asked my Mom and she said no it's not haram, aaand not to get a pet snake no matter what. xD

I also looked up whether there have ever been pet python attacks.. One happened because the guy didn't put the snake back into his cage and just went to sleep.. it started choking him in the night because it was dark and it couldn't see.. it wasn't a ball python, though.. it was a much bigger burmese python. I also heard another one.. but that's because this guy forgot to take one snake out of his 2-snake cage when he decided to feed his giant python.. and the 2nd snake tried to eat the food too and he tried to stop the struggle, blahblah and the snake chased him and he got out okay. That wasn't a ball python either.

Basically, it's common sense; I understand that snakes are wild animals, even a little so when they're captive bred. So I would definitely take the obvious precautions... To escape-proof his tank, to make sure to feed him only when he's alone in his tank, to put him away whenever I'm going to go do something else where I can't keep an eye on him, etc. etc..

I keep looking on the internet for answers, but I always get both side of the extremes:

-One side, which says "the Prophet (s) commanded us to kill the snakes so we cant keep them as pets." -_- Cmon.. he obviously means wild ones that get into your house to kill you. That's no valid reason.. plus, there were no constrictors over where the Prophet (s) was.. only poisonous snakes. I wouldn't get a poisonous snake, there's reason in that.
And if that's their argument.. that we can't keep them cos they harm us.. then I guess we can't also keep birds, horses, camels, or any other animal. A large bird, like a falcon or parrot, could poke our eyes out, break our bones, etc. Horses + camels could kill us in a much wider myriad of ways. HOWEVER, they won't if you use common sense and educate yourself on the risks before getting the animal.

-Then there's the other side, which says that Hadith is b.s. that was fabricated by the evil sahabah. Uh?

So I'm thinking it IS halaal to keep them.. What I'm really looking for is any command in the Quran that clearly declares snakes unholy. But then again.. none of the animals Allah has created was ever considered unholy. Dogs are considered dirty.. but not unholy or anything. Its not haraam to take care of them, feed one if they look like they're starving etc.

I think I'm getting that snakie.. domokun *convinced self, almost*

Apparently they aren't legal.. although I'm thinking that Florida SHOULD make them illegal, after that whole python-eating-gator incident.. morons letting their giant pythons loose.. Once a child gets attacked, its over for snake owners..

Hahaha.

@_@ what an adorable pair.. and the picture itself is pretty awesome, with them both looking at eachother, btw...

.. ninja Do I sense an excuse to post pix of MY babies?! whee

Niobe, My cockatiel heart


Thrakie and LokiPoki/PokiLoki, my fantail and ryukin goldfish


Soulja Boy (xDDD), My Sarassa Comet


Nom Anor, my Betta that constantly attacks himself heart


Voldemort, my artclass crowntail Betta


The Melville collective (RIP top-right RolliPolli crying )

Oh my GOD dude don't get a spider. xD
Because what if it got out and stuff, ekr9stpugijsaf *cringes*
I dk about you but I think I'd freak slightly.