Are keeping Hamster as pets permissible in Islam?

[Guest Unistudent]

Are keeping Hamster as  pets permissible in Islam?

[Islandsandmirrors]

As far as I know, pets are halal except having dogs inside the house. 

[Haji 2003]

8 hours ago, Guest Unistudent said:

Are keeping Hamster as  pets permissible in Islam?

I'm a bit worried about the 'ham' in hamster. 

[SirajDin]

1 hour ago, Haji 2003 said:

I'm a bit worried about the 'ham' in hamster. 

How do you feel about hammers?

[313_Waiter]

I’ve heard rabbits bring jinn but I have one. Not sure about hamsters though.

 

[Propaganda_of_the_Deed]

2 hours ago, Ejaz said:

I’ve heard rabbits bring jinn but I have one.

[3wliya_maryam]

Salam it is permissible because it isn't a najis animal

I had a guinea pig when I was 8 but then we had to give it away because my stupid little brother wouldn't stop chucking it outside from the cage

[ali_fatheroforphans]

1 hour ago, 3wliya_maryam said:

Salam it is permissible because it isn't a najis animal

I had a guinea pig when I was 8 but then we had to give it away because my stupid little brother wouldn't stop chucking it outside from the cage

Is that why you're so obsessed with the peppa pig show? Lol

[3wliya_maryam]

23 minutes ago, ali_fatheroforphans said:

Is that why you're so obsessed with the peppa pig show? Lol

  Um just bc both of them have the word pig doesn’t make them the same 

[Ibn Al-Shahid]

On 4/2/2019 at 10:03 AM, Ejaz said:

I’ve heard rabbits bring jinn but I have one. Not sure about hamsters though.

 

do they use a flute to gather them around?

[A_A]

I had a hamster that lived for 2 years with me! It's such an awesome pet to keep because it doesn't need much effort to take care of like a dog or a cat. I wouldn't advice you to get a guinea pig, they eat a lot and poop more. 

[OrthodoxTruth]

The answer is very simple, as an obligatory precaution, you can’t keep at home any animal whose fur can invalidate your prayer, that goes for dogs, cats and whatever else. The hair of an animal should never be on one’s clothing during the prayers as it invalidates them. As far as I understand, the hamster isn’t shedding a lot of hair (correct me if I’m wrong) everywhere, so it shouldn’t be a problem. But remember, urine, graces and blood of hamster is najis (ritually impure).