It is narrated about Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he gave the ruling of forty dirhams for a hunting dog. For a shepherd dog, he ruled the payment of one goat; for a field-guarding dog, the ruling was a measure (large vessel) of grain; and for a house-guarding dog, the ruling was a large clay vessel. This will be obligatory upon the person who kills a dog; he must pay this compensation. However, it is obligatory for the owner of the dog to make some reduction in this compensation when receiving it.