Are pet rats haram? Muslims are permitted to keep animals as pets as long as they are not harmful to them and are well cared for. Accordingly, there is no Islamic prohibition on keeping pet rats. Rats can make excellent pets due to their playfulness and intelligence. They are also relatively low-maintenance and can be trained to perform tricks
It is not permissible in the Shafi’i school to eat insects (such as ants, bees, flies, beetles, roaches, worms). This is because insects are considered distasteful, and permissibility has been tied to what is good, and impermissibility to what is distasteful. This is derived from the Qur’an (7:157), in describing the Messenger “who makes This is the view of Abu Hanifah, Ahmad and Dawud. Malik said: They are halal. End quote. The correct view is the view of the majority, for several reasons: 1. Snakes are among the animals that catch prey with their fangs, and the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) forbade eating any wild animal that has fangs. Agreed upon. 2. It is permissible to keep dogs for security purposes in Islam, but you cannot let them inside your house. However, this does not mean we can harm dogs or hate them, Not at all; on the contrary, we should always be compassionate with dogs as much as we should be with any other living kind. Nicolae Sfetcu, About Dogs. A Belgian ban on kosher and halal slaughter of animals without being stunned has been backed by the European Court of Justice, which rejected objections by religious groups. The EU's highest court CFd8.