Assessment and evaluation of hadiths related to dog acquisition

Dogs are adopted and fed either in country or in city in all societies. As Muhammed the prophet decreed to show mercy and pity to all animals, Muslims adopt dogs on the purpose of protection at home or in country. Though lots of academic researches about dogs in hadith have been performed, it is detected that there have not been any researches on adopting dogs. Thus the assessment of the three hadiths related to dog adopting in hadith sources in terms of deed and text are determined as thesis subject. Our thesis consists of an introduction and two sections. After information is given about the subject, limits, importance and purpose of the study in the introduction, status of dog from past to today is researched how it was mentioned in the Qur'an and hadiths. In the fisrt section, after sources of hadiths mentioned in is ascertained, these hadiths were subjected to criticism of deed and it is concluded that imputations of the hadiths in general terms, are authentic. In second section, the hadiths are evaluated in view of criteria of text criticism, the thoughts of commentators about these hadiths are stated and lastly the views in Islamic law and their usage in the exegetics are stated. Consequently, it is observed that the imputations about dog adopting in hadiths generally is authentic, and it is, generally, allowed to adopt dogs according to situations such as agriculture, herd, hunting etc. in terms of text criticism. Keywords Hadith, Carat, Dog Adopting, Good Deed, Herd Dog, Hound Dog