Questions:
Why do dogs cry at the time of
Fajr Azan? This is an incident that I’ve noticed very often.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of
the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and
upon all his Family and Companions.
There are many wonders of Allah
in His Creation. Dogs are among His Creatures. It is confirmed in a Hadith that
dogs see what human beings cannot see.
Abu Dawud reported in his Sunan
that Jabir Ibn Abdullah narrated that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam)
said:” If you hear the barking of dogs and the braying of donkeys by night,
seek refuge in Allah, as they see what you cannot see”. Albani and others
classified this Hadith as authentic.
In Sahih Al Jamie’, following
the above Hadith is stated: ..’And reduce going out when it is quiet( when
everybody is indoors at night time) as Allah diffuses by night what He wishes
among His Creation, and lock your doors and mention the Name of Allah on them
as Satan does not open a locked door on which the Name of Allah was
mentioned..”
So, if we contemplate the words
of this Hadith along with the words of the Hadith reported by Al Bukhari and
Muslim narrated by Abu Hurairah from the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam),
it could be possible to interpret the barking of dogs at Fajr time because they
see the Satans flee away passing wind. Satans do not flee away at fajr Azan
only, but they flee away at every Azan, as stated in the Hadith.
However, the barking of dogs at
Fajr time is more noticeable than other times, as this time is usually quiet.
This barking could also because
of an ordinary reason as before Fajr there is usually no movement of people and
it is quiet, but after Fajr there is a movement so dogs start to bark, because
of the noise after the time of quietness. Moreover, the barking of dogs at the
time of the Azan could be because of reasons other than what is mentioned. It
is a matter of the Unseen on which one cannot be absolutely sure except if
Allah informs us about it.
Allah knows best.
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