Dogs, Here and There
If you visit Saudi Arabia, you
would not see anywhere as many dogs as in the United States. It is very rare
for any Saudi to have a dog, unlike Americans that most of them like to get
one. Most of people who own dogs in Saudi Arabia are using them to protect
their territories or their farms. In contrast, many Americans like dogs because
they think they are best friends.
Most Saudis don’t have dogs, and
don’t like to have one because of religious thing. Islam religion allows
Muslims to have a dog just for protecting from thieves or predators. Islam divided dirt into three kinds، and
the spit of the dogs has the worst kind of dirt. There is a special method in
Islam to get rid of this dirt, and it is not just a regular cleaning. Also, Our
prophet Mohammad peace be upon him said "The angels do not enter a
house in which there is a dog or a portrait”. Therefore, we have to do what our
prophet commanded us to do.
Some people are less religious than
the others, but they still don’t like dogs. Some of them are just scared from
dogs, and some are taking the traditions from their fathers. For example, our
friend “Anas” is scared from dogs, and when a dog comes to him, he suddenly run
away from the dog. The reason for people to be afraid from dogs is that people In
Saudi Arabia are not used to have dogs.
