It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him), who says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me to kill dogs, so I went out to kill them. Whenever I saw a dog, I would kill it. There was a dog circling around a house; when I was about to kill it, a person from inside the house called out to me and said: O servant of Allah! What do you intend to do? I said: I want to kill this dog. The woman said: I live in this wilderness (which is a cause of loss and destruction), and this dog wards off wild beasts from me, and because of it I get to know about those coming and going. Therefore, go to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and inform him of this matter. So I went to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of this, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) still ordered me to kill that dog.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the killing of the dogs of Madinah Munawwarah. Sayyiduna Ibn Umm Maktum (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "My house is far from the settlement and I have a dog that guards it." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted him permission for a few days, but then ordered that this dog also be killed.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the killing of dogs (and we began to kill dogs) to the extent that we even killed the dog of a woman who came from the villages.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the killing of dogs with wide eyes.

Sayyiduna Hasan Basri (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) says: I was present at the sermon of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and in his sermon, he ordered the killing of dogs and the slaughtering of pigeons.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to kill dogs, and (so we killed the dogs) to the extent that we would even kill the dogs belonging to women coming from the villages. But later, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade killing dogs and said: Kill the black dog with two white spots on its eyes, for it is a devil.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If dogs were not a community among various communities, I would have ordered them all to be killed completely. Now, you should kill every black one among them.

Narrated by Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The black dog is a devil.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the killing of dogs, and then said: What is your concern with dogs? Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted hunting dogs and dogs that guard sheep.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever keeps a dog, one qirat from his deeds is reduced every day, except if the dog is for guarding crops or livestock.