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Even
the creatures have rights
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From
the best of manners is to be lenient with both humans and
animals under your ownership. So being lenient with the human
beings under your ownership is to feed them as you feed yourself,
to clothe them as you clothe yourself and not burden them
with that which they cannot bear.
And
being lenient with the animals under your ownership, inclusive
of those which are used for riding or milking; each one differing
according to that which you require them for. So in winter
you place them in a warm place if they cannot bear the cold,
and in the summer in a cold place if they cannot bear the
heat. And to provide food and drink if they cannot take care
of themselves. If the animals are from those which are used
for carrying people (goods), then not to overburden them with
that which they cannot bear.
This
is indicative of the completeness of the Sharee'ah,
and that it has not left anything out, even the creatures.
Rather, it has allocated for them their rights.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Makaarim
al-Akhlaaq - Page 46
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